The Author

While working on her PhD in literature, freelance writer Liz Hardy discovered that the antidote to academic pressure was as close as the self-help section of her local bookstore.

She became addicted to personal development books when she found they could be life-changing and seriously entertaining at the same time.

Noticing that her cat was also struggling with a high-stress lifestyle - with eight-hour daytime naps and gourmet dinners on demand - Liz began to wonder if the feline world could also benefit from a little self-help wisdom. She became attuned to the needs of burned-out and exhausted cats everywhere, adapting New Age techniques from the human world, to help them de-stress and become more personally empowered.

The Sound of One Cat Purring and Feline Witches and Wizards are the result.

The Illustrator
Kiran Morris is a Melbourne illustrator with a background in fine art. She lives with Amelie, a fluffy black cat who fiercely defends her preference for big hair.

Having lived with cats all her life, Kiran has developed deep insight into the feline condition. She understands that a cat can spend the majority of the day asleep, yet still be committed to the spiritual path.

Kiran's cats are highly individual, and represent some of the distinct personalities that populate the feline world. She uses carefully chosen symbols to subtly explore the experiences of feline evolution. Her symbolic use of catfood images will reassure any reluctant feline traveller that the road to personal development should never be explored on an empty stomach.

In addition to illustrating The Sound of One Cat Purring and Feline Witches and Wizards, Kiran has released a cat-o-centric picture book, Raised by Frank. She has also illustrated Lies Your Parents Tell You, which, as a change of pace, is intended for human rather than feline readers.