Sheila Hocken is a writer and canine specialist. She is best known for her book Emma & I (1978), an autobiography that details her growing up as a blind child, her relationship with her chocolate Labrador retriever guide dog, Emma, and her regaining her sight as a young woman through surgery. A 1984 TV film, Second Sight: A Love Story, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, is based on the book.
Hocken became actively involved in the canine world as a dog trainer in Nottingham, England.