To follow-up her award-winning book, "When It Reigns, It Pours: Dog Tales," Maria Larsen tells a hilarious new tale about her beloved dog pack (Lido, Reign and Lilly). With humorous photos in comic-book format, the Larsen family dogs narrate the story of Lilly's adoption and rehabilitation from rescue dog to wonder dog. The e-book for "Reign Over Me: A Ruff Life" won the bronze medal in 2015 for the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. This is a must read for dog lovers and children of all ages.Maria's latest crime thriller, "Protect & Serve: K-9 Policewoman," won an award from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in 2013. The Dog Writer's Association of America nominated Maria's new book: "They Call Me Lola," written in the perspective of an abandoned stray with a litter of puppies, for an award of excellence in 2013. Maria's memoir about the dogs she rescued from the streets as a police officer, "When It Reigns, It Pours: Dog Tales," won awards in both the memoir and animal/pet categories for the eLit Awards in 2014. In 2015 the sequel to Lola's book, "My Name Is Daria," won third place in the animal/pet category for the eLit Awards.