Guest Profile: Bob Harvey

In the spring of 1992, a Maine Coon stray cat visited Bob Harvey and changed his life forever. Though firmly rooted in his middle-years, he had never owned a pet before. Harvey adopted the homeless feline and named it You Too, igniting his passion for nurturing nature and its creatures. Little did he know that this new-found love for animals would ultimately lead to a career as an author. You Too turned Harvey into an animal rights advocate which led to the adoption of more strays, the investment in Tailwaggers Pet Sitting Service, and part-time volunteer efforts to care for a blind cat at a local animal shelter. In 2004 he accepted early retirement from the award-winning international firm he helped launch when he received the devastating news that his best friend of 10 years, a rescued Shepherd-wolf named Bravo, had cancer. Harvey took on the full-time job as Bravo’s homeopathic caregiver. The time Harvey dedicated to Bravo’s final year of life sparked an interest to share his fascination with pet cohabitation and animal sense perception. The experience birthed Catalyst, Harvey's first novel in the Me & You Too series, which follows the tale of a stray cat and a neighborhood of town-home tenants whose fates intertwine after their community is destroyed by a mysterious fire. The neighbors join forces to create the first eco-Homestead where no people are allowed without pets. Catalyst breaks new ground in illustrative storytelling as the first full-color novel produced in Harvey’s trademarked KaleidoScript™ format. With colorized words, energized multi-font text, and 62 unique chapter-specific background images, Harvey’s pioneering presentation engages the imagination while enhancing the reading experience. After graduating from the University Of Bridgeport in Connecticut, Bob Harvey traveled extensively around the world as a line builder/designer for U.S. fashion importers. His wide universe of contacts and entrepreneurial spirit evolved into numerous enterprises culminating in his participation in Austin-based Calendar Club, a company he helped launch in 1993 that became a multi-concept chain of over 1,000 seasonal retail shops. A self-proclaimed “right-brain guy”, Harvey has a degree in graphic design, a unique hobby of designing interpretive Native American artifacts, and an endless love for the great outdoors. His affinity for nature has sent him on sailing excursions from the Caribbean to the Galapagos Islands as well as on photographic safaris to Africa and the Amazon. Harvey is a member of the Humane Society, the World Future Society, and active in the Writers' League of Texas. He is now working on the second book in the Me & You Too series, Dogma, while surrounded by adopted strays at his Texas Hill Country home.

Website: www.meandyoutoo.com

Bob Harvey's Shows:

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Dec 20, 2006

Author of Vagina Monologues and The Good Body, discusses her V-Day Project and non-violence.

Animal expert Bob harvey discusses giving pets as a gift and his new book Catalyst.

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