Shelley Ann Lawrence has been a TV writer-producer, newspaper editor, realtor, on-camera reporter, assistant to a Mad Men advertising icon, an activist and a documentary photographer. She lived in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico between 2012 and 2014, where she fell in love with the colors and culture of this high-desert colonial town, a favorite haunt of expatriate writers and artists. In late 2016, Lawrence returned to San Miguel, with her Leica camera in tow. What started as a series of informal portraits of friends and acquaintances soon became the kernel out of which this book grew: THE DOGS OF SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE. This project is more than just a book about the emotional connection between dogs and their guardian owners. Lawrence made contact with dog rescuers in the area and with this book started a donation system whereby a portion of the proceeds of each book sold will go directly to help the homeless dogs of San Miguel and the people who care for them. At the end of Lawrence's photographic journey, she adopted a homeless miniature Schnauzer she named Milagro, which is Spanish for a miracle. He lives with her now in southern California. Please visit them at www.shelleyannlawrencephotography.com.