Health & Medicine
Nature & Environment
Pets
Parenting
Wellness
Wendy Lyons Sunshine is currently hard at work on TENDER PAWS: How Science-Based Parenting Can Transform Our Relationship with Dogs, scheduled for publication in 2024 by HCI Books, distributed by Simon & Schuster.
Her awards include ASJA’s Outstanding Book of the Year for The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family, which has been translated into multiple languages and sold over 300,000 copies, and a first place reporting award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Wendy has contributed to The New York Times, ScientificAmerican.com, D Magazine, Fort Worth Weekly, Practical Pain Management, and many other publications. She blogs about the dog-human connection for PsychologyToday.com and ghostwrites for experts, primarily on animal welfare issues.
Wendy’s background includes an MA in technical communication, a BA in English, and years of staff and freelance experience. Partial client list includes Positively.com, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Boston Scientific, AORN Journal, Texans for Safe and Drug-Free Youth, and others.
Please visit wendylsunshine.com to learn more.
Subjects
General
Specialties
conservation, animal welfare, child welfare, medical advances, illness prevention
Skills
- Advertorials
- Books
- Case studies
- Editing
- Feature writing
- Ghostwriting
- Infographics
- Ideation
- Profiles
- Project management
- Publication management
- Q&A
- SEO
- Technical writing
- White papers
- Web copy
- Blog posts
- Articles
- Communications strategy
- Grant writing
- Media relations
- News releases
Writing Credits
The New York Times, ScientificAmerican.com, D Magazine, Fort Worth Weekly, Practical Pain Management, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Worth, AARP Magazine, AORN Journal, Sarasota Scene, D CEO, Business Observer, Houston Business Journal, Inside a Dog’s Mind, and more.
Book Credits
Raising the Challenging Child: How to Minimize Meltdowns, Reduce Conflict, and Increase Cooperation https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Challenging-Child-Meltdowns-Cooperation/dp/0800735242/
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Child-healing-adoptive-family/dp/0071475001
Awards, Honors, Appointments
♦ First Place, Outstanding Small Market Reporting, Print, Society of Environmental Journalists
♦ First Amendment Award, Society of Professional Journalists, Fort Worth
♦ Second Place, Business Reporting, Lone Star Award, Houston Press Club
♦ Certificate of Excellence, Press Club of Dallas
♦ Outstanding Book of the Year, American Society of Journalists & Authors
