Elliot Perlman’s books for adults have won the Age Book of the Year Award, the Betty Trask Award and the Fellowship of Australian Writers’ Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction. Catvinkle is his first book for children. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. Susan Bamford Caleo has performed in Australia and internationally as an actor and singer for more than 25 years. She has collaborated with musicians to create cross art performances, voiced audio tours for National Gallery of Australia and Melbourne Museum and worked with The Humour Foundation’s Elder Clowns. In 2004, Susan won the Fringe Festival Award for Most Outstanding Female Performer for The Now Hour.
' ... an instant children's classic, that you enjoy as much as the little ones you know, and that you start giving as a gift because of its inherent, feel-good message. -- The Sunday Age ' ... exactly the sort of book I loved being given as a child, a book you can cherish.' -- Sydney Morning Herald