Best-selling and Award-winning Author of Young Adult Thrillers
Ladies and Germs, We have a winner for the PoodleRat naming contest. Thanks to all who entered. The names were all fabulous but after much deliberation and with the help of Winston the toad I have decided that the name […]
Just wanted to post this tiny excerpt because it’s one of the few things I’ve ever been able to commit to memory and I was just reciting it to the Lucy Factor and thinking how absolutely wonderful language is, whether […]
(According to Winston) It is not my intention here to imply that PoodleRats are pets. They are companions, protectors and friends. They are also, however creatures of comfort and if you are lucky enough to have encouraged one to stay […]
These super-puffy high-rise popovers have been a favorite of Great Aunt Eunida’s for more years than she’d like to admit to. Don’t be scared off by the gourmet ingredients. Everything needed is available in your corner grocery store or on […]
OK, Murphy’s law being what it is (for those of you that don’t know it- it’s whatever can go wrong will go wrong), my email link on the website is not working at the moment. Please send enter your PoodleRat […]
JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL VIA THE CONTACT PAGE TO ENTER. (info@feltusovalton.com) GOOD LUCK AND WEX LETHOO RADOK! -JO //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
AND WIN A HARDCOVERÂ COPY OF THE 2008 CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET BY BRIAN SELZNICK COURTESY OF FELTUS OVALTON!!! *TO GET AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF NAME POPULAR AMONG THE NOBLE RACE OF POODLERATS IT’S A […]
Winston and Jo (Jo is on the left) Let me tell you a little story: About three years ago I was up late. It was a humid night. Lightning scored the sky and thunder rolled and crashed and it was […]
I wish I could take sole credit for my hero’s name,  Feltus Ovalton LeRoi, but in fact I stole it from my  husband’s family. When he was born, his maternal and  paternal grandparents were equally determined that  he would be […]
Frequently Asked Questions Ask Winston – Who Knows everything _________________________________ 1) Did Jo Treggiari have a Great Aunt like Eunida? Eunida is very loosely based on Jo’s great grandmother, Jane, who was a lovely woman but had the misfortune to […]