Lachlan J. Madsen is a creative writer/producer who has lived in Singapore for almost 20 years, working in television. He has considerable experience in the children's genre, including writing and producing for Disney and Nickelodeon. The Community Cat Chronicles is one of his many passion projects inspired from residing in the Singapore heartlands while attending to the beloved community cats. Eleanor Nilsson used to work as a teacher and has had 24 books published for children. Three of them, Tatty, The 89th Kitten and Pomily's Wish also feature cats. The House Guest, for young adult readers, won The Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, two State Awards, and was shortlisted for the Gold and Silver Pencil Award in Holland. Several of her other titles have been translated into Japanese, German, Italian and French.