About the Author

Kysa Steele is an IT professional by day, and by night an author, TTRPG GM, cat servant, and wife (though the order depends on which cat is asking). She grew up devouring books and plotting to write her own. While newly minted as an indie author, she's been telling elaborate, occasionally cursed stories at the TTRPG table for years. She spends her time building worlds and trying to unravel her cats’ many conspiracies.

She lives in Texas with her husband and a cadre of furry overlords. Nori and Mochi are the latest recruits, while Nox, nicknamed the Demon Princess, claimed dominion during the writing of Curse Meow Not. Jake Speed and his sister Ripley occupy the middle ranks, and the eldest, Cid, remains her watchful shadow and self-appointed bodyguard.

A woman with wavy hair and glasses looking at the camera in black and white.

The Furry Overlords

Their plotting knows no bounds. Meet the true powers behind the throne.

Black cat lying on a pink fuzzy blanket inside a white basket

Cid

My loyal shadow.
Alerts the realm when I vanish.

A fluffy orange tabby cat lying on its back in a pink mesh pet bed with a relaxed expression.

Jake

Orange chaos incarnate.
Conducts ritual meows to the ceiling gods.

A long-haired tortoiseshell cat lying curled up on a small pink pet bed, looking at its paw.

Ripley

Affection is mandatory.
Resistance is futile.

A black cat lying curled on a gray quilted bedspread, looking towards the camera with yellow eyes.

Nox

50% demon. 50% princess.
100% speed on the cat wheel.

Nori & Mochi

Nori
Shoulder cat.
Prefers the high ground for plotting.

Two kittens sleeping together on a fluffy gray blanket, one black and white and the other gray and white.

Mochi
Living cloud.
Specializes in snuggles and deception.