Our Writers
Get to know the crew behind everything we write at Kinship.
Dr. Alycia Washington, DVM, MS
Contributing Veterinary Writer
Alycia Washington is a small-animal emergency veterinarian with over 10 years of experience based in North Carolina. She works as a relief veterinarianopens in new tab and provides services to numerous emergency and specialty hospitals. She also works as a veterinary writer with a focus on educating pet parents.
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Dr. Bartley Harrison, DVM
Veterinary Writer
Dr. Bartley Harrison is a veterinarian with more than 19 years of experience. He has treated a variety of species in emergency and speciality practices for both large and small animals. His primary interests as a vet are emergency medicine and critical care.
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Elizabeth Laura Nelson
Freelance Writer
Elizabeth Laura Nelson is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Jenny, Best Life, YourTango, Elite Daily, and more. She focuses her work on relationships, health and wellness, midlife, and lifestyle. As a child, Elizabeth was scared of cats (claws and teeth, yikes) but she has since gotten over her fear and now shares her home with three sweet and gentle feline companions who make life better (and cuddlier) every day.
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Charles Manning
Contributing Writer
Charles Manning is an actor and writer based in New York City. In his free time he likes to cook, go swimming at the public pool, volunteer at the LGBTQ senior center, and foster senior and special-needs cats. His work has previously appeared in Cosmopolitan, Elle, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Seventeen, and Nylon.
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Laura Bradley
Contributing Writer
Laura is a New York-based experienced writer and mom of two rescue pups. Her work has appeared in Slate, Vanity Fair, Daily Beast, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Yahoo! News, Vulture, Grazia Magazine, and more. When she is not writing or walking the pooches, you will probably find her in the community garden.
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Karen B. London, PhD, CAAB, CPDT-KA
Contributing Writer, Dog and Cat Behavior
Karen B. London is a certified applied animal behaviorist (CAAB) and certified professional dog trainer (CPDT) who specializes in working with dogs with serious behavioral issues, including aggression. She has written for a variety of magazines including The Bark, Clean Run, and the APDT Chronicle of the Dog, and has published in scientific journals including Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution, the Journal of Insect Behavior, and Insectes Sociaux. She is the author of seven books about dog training and canine behavior, including the forthcoming My Dog's Mystery Adventure: And Other Stories From a Canine Behaviorist and Dog Trainer.
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Sarah (Kollmorgen) Cottone
Contributing Writer
Sarah is a writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Discover magazine, and HuffPost among other places. She lives outside of Denver with her husband and their dog, Lucy, who is the true queen of the household.
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Mia Mercado
Contributing Writer
Mia Mercado is a writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, and more. She’s also the author of two essay collections, Weird But Normal (2020) and She’s Nice Though (2022), both published by HarperOne.
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Marianne Eloise
Contributing Writer
Marianne Eloise’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Cut, Vulture, and more. She is also the author of an essay collection Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinkingopens in new tab. She has been going on adventures with her dog Bowie since she was 17.
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Marti Trgovich
Contributing Writer
Marti Trgovich is a writer specializing in pets and wildlife. She has written about animals for National Geographic, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and other publications, and she spent nearly a decade as an editor at The Dodo. Her favorite animals are guinea pigs, sheep, and small, saucy senior dogs.
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