What famous authors named their pets (and why)

Authors don’t reserve all their creativity for their fiction — some goes to their four-legged friends, too.

A Literary Hub staffer just adopted a puppy, inspiring one of his coworkers to gather up the best pet names from famous authors.

Totally legitimate research, right?

See what Dorothy Parker, Lord Byron, Maurice Sendak and other writers named their pets — and why — on Lit Hub.

And yes, there are pictures!

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