Clare de Vries was in love with cats before she had her children. Her first book, I & Claudius, (published by Bloomsbury) related her road trip travels around America with her Burmese cat Claudius. Her second book, Of Cats And Kings, was about her journey through Burma and Thailand and was also published by Bloomsbury. A freelance journalist and copy writer, she now lives in London with her husband and two little girls Coco and Kitty.