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Susan Wyatt

Susan Wyatt

Susan Wyatt is a writer and copy editor who loves to share stories about pets and the people who love them. She enjoys gardening, reading and playing bagpipes, and is mum to a ginger cat named Vinny (aka Yawny McYawnface).

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