Carol Lowbeer, an award-winning photographer, writer and blogger fell in love with two charming tiger-calico cats in 2012. After adopting them and taking them home, she began to focus much of her creative efforts on pets. She created a “cat series” for a local community TV station featuring therapy cats, cat reiki, fat cats and some unusual cat sanctuaries. After that she began volunteering her photography efforts to help shelter cats get adopted. However her pet-writing life began when she started her blog and Facebook page for her “stars,” Peaches and Paprika, who now entertain over 13,000 followers with their colorful antics, repartee and photo cartoons.

Some of the unusual holidays (cat and human) celebrated by photo-cartoons in her Celebrations series, include “Dress Up Your Pet Day,” “Faux Fur Friday,” “Meow Like a Pirate Day,” “Hug Your Cat Day,” and “Cat World Domination Day.”

Carol’s readers (Peaches & Paprika’s fans) are not left out of the fun. The readers and fellow cat-lovers enthusiastically participate and often join Peaches & Paprika in special parades, slideshows and other holiday events. Recent video celebrations include National Kite Flying Day, “Cats Just Wanna Wear Masks” parade, "Gurrrl Cats Beauty Pageant," “Kitty Mama” Day and" Undercover Cats." The “Meowleen” video and “Catmas” parade are annual events as is a “Kitty Memorial Day” in May, honoring those felines who have crossed the bridge.

An earlier introductory book, preceding the Celebrations series is called “Peaches and Paprika: Our First Year in Connecticut.” The first book gives readers a background on the two popular Facebook cats which includes their history in three shelters, a narrow death row encounter in New York City, homecoming adventures, and special personality quirks. Paprika, the smaller cat, for examples,excels in navigating narrow door tops and other acrobatic feats, while her sister Peaches prefers lounging in rockers, flirting with visitors and ordering Paprika around.

Carol is a previous member of Professional Photographers of America and a professional member of Cat Writers Association, where she won several awards for her social media site and humorous videos as well as blog entertainment articles and two books. she exhibits her animal and other artwork at several local art galleries and created many solo photo exhibits in the Connecticut area featuring animals in natural settings. She especially enjoys creating creative pet portraits for clients, friends and fans.

Carol was born in Oklahoma, has lived in New York, Boston, the Bahamas, Cincinnati and Atlanta before settling on the scenic Connecticut coast with her two cat stars.