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Celia Haddon

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Celia Haddon (born 1945) is a British journalist, author and expert on feline behaviour.[1] Her books have sold over 1 million copies.[2]

Early life

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Haddon attended The School of St Helen and St Katherine, Abingdon and Queen Anne's School. She studied English Literature from 1962 to 1965 at Newnham College, Cambridge. She obtained a masters degree in clinical animal behaviour from the University of Lincoln in 2018.[2]

Career

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Her 40 published books include a series of best-selling small books about cats, most successful of which is One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train its Human (Hodder & Stoughton 2001). She wrote three romances under the pseudonym Caroline Courtney. From 1996 to 2007 she wrote a weekly column as 'pet agony aunt' for the British daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.[3] For her services to animal welfare she won the Blue Cross Award of 1997.[4]

She has written for the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Sunday Times. She has co-authored one peer-reviewed article, "Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets" in the journal Anthrozoös, in 2021.[5]

Selected works

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  • Great Days and Jolly Days (1977)
  • A Christmas Posy (1978)
  • A Lover's Posty (1979)
  • A Mother's Posy (1980)
  • The Limits of Sex (1982)
  • Women and Tranquillisers (1984)
  • The Powers of Love (1985)
  • Gifts from your garden (1985)
  • Friends and Friendship (1987)
  • Stronger Love Safer Sex (1989)
  • Designer Gardens (1989)
  • Faithful to the End (1991)
  • The Love of Cats (1992)
  • Mischief and Delight (co author Jess McAree) (1993)
  • The Yearbook of Hope and Inspiration (1989)
  • The Yearbook of Comfort and Joy (1991)
  • The Yearbook of Courage and Serenity (1992)
  • Lovely Is the Rose (1993)
  • The Yearbook of Love and Wisdom (1994)
  • A Christmas Garland (1995)
  • The Faerie Kingdom (1998)
  • One hundred Lamps for the Soul (2003)
  • If God is My Father How Can He Love Me?
  • One Hundred Ways to Serenity (1998)
  • One Hundred Ways to Be Happy (1999)
  • One Hundred Ways to say I love You (1999)
  • One Hundred Ways to Friendship (2000)
  • One Hundred Ways to Comfort (2000)
  • One Hundred Ways to Say Thank You (2000)
  • One Hundred Ways to a Happy Cat (2000)
  • One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train Its Human (2001)
  • One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Find its Inner Kitten (2002)
  • One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats have about Their Humans (2003)
  • The First Ever English Olimpick Games (2004)
  • Chats with Cats (2004)
  • One Hundred Ways to a Happy Dog (2006)
  • One Hundred Ways to a Happy Bunny (2007)
  • The Joy of Cats (2008)
  • Cats Behaving Badly (2010)
  • Tilly the Ugliest Cat in the Shelter (2012)
  • Toby the Cross Eyed Stray (2015)
  • 100 Ways to be More Like Your Cat (2018)
  • '100 Ways to be as Happy as Your Dog (2018)
  • 'A-Z. A Cat's Guide to Humans.' (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Cat behaviour expert Celia Haddon on her latest book". thelocalanswer.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "What is Your Cat Thinking? Latest Book from Celebrated Animal Behaviour Expert Gets Inside the Feline Mind". news.lincoln.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ Christopher Howse (4 July 2006). "Why you really can't call your cat Keith". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Celia Haddon". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  5. ^ Haddon, Celia; Burman, Oliver H. P.; Assheton, Phil; Wilkinson, Anna (2021). "Love in Cold Blood: Are Reptile Owners Emotionally Attached to Their Pets?". Anthrozoös. 34 (5): 739–749. doi:10.1080/08927936.2021.1926711. S2CID 237182531.
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