Pilley Bianchi
Pilley Bianchi is the author of For The Love of Dog, The Ultimate Relationship Guide and the daughter of Dr. John W. Pilley, owner/teacher of Chaser the Border Collie, known as the smartest dog in the world. Bianchi was their producer, writer, and media consultant in Time, People, NYTimes, 60 Minutes, and is Senior Executive Producer/Founder of The Chaser Initiative dedicated to educating Children about dogs and learning through play. She begged her parents for piano lessons at age 4, began winning competitions at age 12 and debuted with the Charleston Symphony at 16. Pilley graduated from The Eastman School of Music with a degree in piano performance and a MM from the Univ of Miami in studio writing. She has performed around the world and was a featured artist on MTV, VH1, BET. She is an award-winning songwriting and her rock band Ila's Dress was signed to 3 disastrous record deals. She never thought she would use those same skills to manage and write about an old man and his dog.
