Steven Paulsen is an award-winning speculative fiction writer. His bestselling spooky children's book, The Stray Cat (Lothian/Hachette), illustrated by Hugo and Oscar Award winning artist Shaun Tan, has seen publication in several English and foreign language editions. His horror, science fiction and dark fantasy short stories, which Jack Dann describes as rocket-fuelled with narrative drive, have appeared in books and magazines around the world. The best of his weird tales can be found in his short story collection, Shadows on the Wall (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2018), an award-winner.