Eileen O'Hely was born in Melbourne and currently lives in Brisbane with her husband and young family. She has worked as an English teacher in Germany, an IT specialist for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy and as a web writer and sports reporter in England, writing as much fiction as her hectic sight-seeing schedule would allow. Her first novel won the 2006 Children's Books Ireland Bisto Honour Award. Kitten Kaboodle Mission 1: The Catier Emerald is her first Walker title. Heath McKenzie is a Melbourne-based artist who has worked with many publishers and production companies. Heath is generally inspired by too much television, too many movies and music (lots of music). He is specifically inspired by movie posters, 50s and 60s commercial art, Japanese signs and cartoons (anything animated, really).