Janelle Leeson is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance writer. Her work has been featured in magazines such as Inside Your Dog’s Mind, Inside Your Cat’s Mind, Paw Print, and Real Simple, and on Adopt-A-Pet, Insider Reviews, Forbes Vetted, Forbes Advisor, Readers Digest, NBC Select, Shop Today, PetMD, Chewy Education, Spruce Pets, Daily Paws, and The Bump.

She is a three-time certificate of excellence winner (via the Cat Writers’ Association) and is a two-time panelist at the American Society of Journalists and Authors annual conference. Her work focuses on pet behavior, general care, and nutrition, pet product testing and buying guides, exotic pet behavior, general care, and nutrition, parenting product testing and buying guides.