Hannah Shaw graduated from the University of Brighton in 2004 with a degree in illustration, and since then she has continued to write her own stories and develop characters to illustrate them.

She has worked as a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and a visiting lecturer for an Art Foundation course.

Evil Weasel, her first picture book, won the Cambridgeshire Children's Book Award in 2009. Hannah lives near Stroud in Gloucestershire with her husband Ben the blacksmith and Ren the crazy long-legged dog.

Andrew Marttila is a professional animal photographer best known for his captivating images of felines. He reaches hundreds of thousands of cat lovers through social media where he documents his travels promoting shelters across the country, taking photos for clients, and snuggling his cat, Haroun. Andrew's photography has been featured in Catster, Vanity Fair, Real Simple, and The Guardian, and on CNN and MSNBC, among others.

Andrew is the photographer behind Shop Cats of New York Andrew is 'friends with and [has] photographed nearly all the "famous" internet cats.' He dates Hannah Shaw, known to the internet as 'Kitten Lady', whose life purpose has been dedicated to rescuing, fostering, and advocating for kittens. Kitten Lady has an extremely powerful social media presence; every week Andrew personally generates over 700,000 unique impressions to his social media images.