About …

The Author

Kathleen Finnegan is a mom, military veteran, engineer and programmer. Raised in a military family, she became an officer in the Air Force, married an Air Force pilot, and raised four children in locations both in the United States and abroad. Her first book, “Why(r)us the Virus”, written and published in English for her grandchildren during the COVID pandemic, was later translated and published in Spanish, French and German. She enjoys traveling, reading, writing, painting and spending time with family.

The Book

“Moxie and Maloney Manage Mission Mayhem” began as a tribute to the bond between a girl and her dog. Moxie embodies traits of many of our family dogs, beginning with Kathleen’s first dog Boots and continuing today with our current total of 7 present dogs and many more past dogs family-wide. Along the way the book became a way to pay tribute to many more of our favorite things, including Christmas books.

Book Description

Maloney has a very important job to complete for the Big Dude and there is no time to delay, but things just keep going wrong!  Lucky for her she can count on Moxie to help. Moxie has many strange and curious super powers, and Maloney has many unusual and wonderful thinking caps!  Will the Holiday Secret Agents be able to complete their mission in time?

Working together with their friends (a tooth fairy, a pilot, a shark, a mermaid, some seals, walruses and others) they overcome many magnificent mayhem moments and manage to complete their VIM (very important mission) for the Big Dude with cooperation, persistence, kindness and creativity.