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Vicky Myron, the retired library director turned best-selling author, has adopted a kitten that bears a striking resemblance to Dewey, the library cat whose life Myron chronicled.

Myron, who co-wrote the book "Dewey, the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" based on the life of a kitty she found abandoned in the book depository of the library she managed in Iowa, said she instantly fell in love with a yellow-and-white tabby that a friend found abandoned on snowy road.

Myron named the new kitten Page.

"That was from a fan whose son suggested that name because I'm turning over a new page in my life," Myron was quoted in an article in USA Today.

Sue Selzer, who works for the school district in Spencer, the Iowa town where Myron was the library director and Dewey Readmore Books was the library-cat-in-residence from 1988 until his death in 2006, said she found Page on a snowy mid-December night.

"I was out and about and met a truck that swerved in the road," Selzer is quoted in the news story. "I saw something and thought it was some garbage or something but when I got close I saw it was a kitten."

She scooped up the kitty and took her home to warm up. After a couple of days of tender loving care from Selzer, the kitty was introduced to Myron, who said she was really not looking to adopt a new cat. She has been busy touring to promote the book about Dewey's life and didn't think she had time to care for another pet.

"I knew if the right one came along at the right time I'd get one, but I was hoping it would be a couple of years down the road because I'm not around much," Myron said. "But here she is. We kind of found each other."

(Photo by Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press)