Hi there,
I'm A.R. Matthews but friends and family call me Rosie. I have had a passion, love and desire to help animals my entire life, in fact at my pre-school graduation when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I answered, "A dalmation!"
Of course we all know that's not possible and so my loving parents set me up on a path for Veterinarian School because if I couldn't be an animal at least I would be able to save them.
I studied, I worked hard, I had countless internships and worked for a wild life veterinarian office, but sometimes dreams can't be achieved. I never did make it to Vet School but that only gave me an even greater drive to save animals and so I created my character Bob inspired by my own stuffed elephant from when I was two and of course my love for animals and desire for conservation.
It has not been an easy path, Bob might have been created in a day but the illustrations and the story were not. After countless drafts and edits three years later Bob Saves The Day- Hooray was ready.
I hope my book inspires you to learn more, I hope it lights a spark inside of you to do more and I hope that above all it makes you smile and want to share it. Knowledge is power and sharing that power with others is one of the greatest gifts we can give each-other.
The more people are aware, the more people stand up for what's right and fight for those who cannot fight for themselves the better chance we have of conserving a species and ourselves.
