About Janet

Janet Vormittag is an author, publisher and animal advocate. She is the author of The Save Five Series, which includes Dog 281,More Than a Number and The Save Five Club. This trilogy of suspense novels is set Michigan and revolves around issues facing animals.

Janet also has two humorous memoirs, You Might be a Crazy Cat Lady if ... and You Might be a Crazy Cat Lady if ... (Vol.2). Both are collections of short stories about the strays, fosters and permanent residents who Janet has shared her home with through the years. They give insight into how one becomes a crazy cat lady.

Her latest nonfiction books are Cat Women of West Michigan, the Secret World of Cat Rescue and Cool Cats, Stories of Extraordinary Cat Dads.

in 2006, Janet began publishing Cats and Dogs, a Magazine Devoted to Companion Animals, a free publication distributed in Western Michigan that promoted pet adoption and spay/neuter. She ceased publishing the magazine at the end of 2024.

Janet has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Grand Valley State University and was a correspondent for The Grand Rapids Press for ten years. She has had articles published in Cat Fancy, The Muskegon Chronicleand the North Ottawa Weekly. Her true story of the taming of a feral cat, Wild Cat I Think You Love Me, was published in The Ultimate Cat Lover (HCI, 2008). Janet was a member of Toastmasters International, Club GVSU 4380, and is the District 62, Division L winner of the 2011 Tall Tales Contest. In 2017, after almost nine years as a Toastmaster, she became a DTM –– Distinguished Toastmaster. 

Janet is also a member of the Cat Writers Association.