Kizzie Elizabeth Jones blends her love of dachshunds and her love of the ocean to create her first children's book,"How Dachshunds Came to Be: A Tall Tale about a short Long Dog." It is a whimsical tall tale to delight children of all ages. Kizzie's first dachshund, Dagwood, at age 18 months began a life long love affair with the unique short legged, long bodied creatures. Kizzie has been published in "Northwest Primetime," "Chaplaincy Today," "www.military.com," "CHSSM Diakonie," and is a 2005 first place non-fiction winner for Writers on the Sound with her piece titled, "The Waters of Compassion."Kizzie and her ultimate hero, Thom, with their three dachshunds-Buster, Josie, and Molly-live happily ever after in a seaside town in Washington State.