Author's Bio

Columnist, weekly, for the Muskingum Valley Review newspaper Pet, feature, humor, community news

Writer for various monthly, national magazines, freelance

Assistant Editor for The Voice of the Viking bimonthly newsletter

co-Editor and Columnist, Viking Sound quarterly newsletter

Feature Columnist, The Norsk Elghund Quarterly

Contributor to multiple regional, national and international dog and pet club newsletters

Contributor for multiple Internet web sites

Professional Member Dog Writers Association of America

Breed rescue volunteer

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Awards
"(DWAA)Maxwell Medallion for Best Feature Article all-animal Magazine, 2001, for "Problems and Privileges, The Truth about owning a dog"
"Lexi's Corner" on CyberPet at CyberDog won the Dog Writers Assoc. of Amer. (DWAA) Maxwell Award for Best Column on the Internet (in 1998)
"Journey of a Thousand Litters" won the Dog Writers Assoc. of Amer. (DWAA) Maxwell Award for Best Feature on the Internet (in 1998).
The author, Lexiann Grant, also rec'd another nomination and certificate of excellence for a fiction story she wrote, titled, "The Gift of Dog" a Christmas story that appeared in her column, "From My Pack to Yours" in the Norsk Elghund Quarterly.
DWAA Maxwell nominee for Best Newspaper Column, 1997
DWAA Maxwell nominee for Best Newspaper Editorial, 1997
DWAA Maxwell nominee for Best Feature in a club publication, 1997
Cycle Newspaper of the Year nominee for column, 1997
Maxwell award for Best Feature in a breed magazine, 1996
Maxwell award for Best Feature in a club publication, 1996
DWAA nominee Best Feature published electronically, 1996
Cycle Newspaper of the Year Honorable Mention for column, 1996
First Place CyberPet Dog Writers contest, 1995
DWAA nominee for Best Newspaper Feature, 1995