About the author
Written by someone who's been claimed by a Maine Coon
This book didn't start as a writing project. It started as a cat.
"Thoroughly, happily claimed."
How Mainely Coons came to be
It started the way most great obsessions do — unexpectedly. I wasn't looking for a Maine Coon. I was looking for a cat. But the moment I met my first one, I understood why people who have them can't stop talking about them.
Over the years, I became the person my friends called when they got a Maine Coon. Then the person strangers on the internet messaged with questions. Then the person who realized there wasn't a single book that captured everything I'd learned — the care, the quirks, the history, the deep joy of sharing your life with these magnificent animals.
So I wrote one. Mainely Coons is everything I wish I'd had when I started — and everything I've discovered since. It's not a clinical manual. It's a love letter, written by someone who has been thoroughly, happily claimed.
Written from experience
Every page comes from real life with real Maine Coons — not just research, but years of daily companionship.
Deeply researched
Breed history, health, nutrition, behavior — all grounded in the best available knowledge, written in plain language.
For the whole community
Whether you've had Maine Coons for decades or just brought your first one home, this book meets you where you are.
