Books
My first published book was a short, spooky novel for 9-14 year olds called The Stray Cat. I'm proud to say it was quite a successful little book, selling almost 8,000 copies in Australia in its first print run. Not bad sales figures in a country where the average first book typically sells 2,000-4,000 copies and where anything over 15,000 is considered a best-seller. On top of local Australian sales, foreign editions were published in five other countries. The Stray Cat was was even runner-up for a 1997 Ditmar Award. Quite a respectable result for a first book that started life as a short story in a now long defunct amateur horror fiction magazine. Click here to read more about the genesis of The Stray Cat.
The Stray Cat (Australia)
Author: Steven Paulsen
Illustrator: Shaun Tan
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Lothian Books an imprint of Hachette Livre Australia (1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0850917859
ISBN-13: 978-0850917857
Misteri Kucing Tersesat (Indonesia)
The Indonesian edition was a small format paperback.
Author: Steven Paulsen
Illustrator: Shaun Tan
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: PT Elex Media Komputindo (1997)
Language: Bahasa Indonesian
ISBN-10: 9796637510
Le Chat Errant (France)
For the French Edition, Hachette commissioned a new cover and for some inexplicable reason they dropped all the Shaun Tan illustrations!
Author: Steven Paulsen
Translator: Marianne Costa
Illustrator: Alain Fretet
Paperback: 41 pages
Publisher: Hachette Jeunesse (1998)
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2012098312
ISBN-13: 978-2012098312
The Stray Cat (UK)
Author: Steven Paulsen
Illustrator: Shaun Tan
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Franklin Watts an imprint of Scholastic Library Publishing (1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0-7496-3523-1
ISBN-13: 9780749635237
Die Streunende Katz (Germany)
The Germans produced a handsome hardcover edition.
Author: Steven Paulsen
Illustrator: Shaun Tan
Hardback: 64 pages
Publisher: G&G Kinder - und Jugendbuch (1999)
Language German
ISBN-10: 3707400387
ISBN-13: 978-3707400380
After Dark (Korea)
The Korean publication was titled After Dark and contained three stories: "The Half Dead" by Garry Disher, "The Stray Cat" by Steven Paulsen and "The Intruder" by Rowena Lindquist.
Authors: Garry Disher, Steven Paulsen and Rowena Lindquist.
Illustrators: Shaun Tan and Chris johnston
Paperback: 158 pages
Publisher: Bookhouse Co., Ltd. (2002)
Language: Korean
ISBN-10: 0850917859
ISBN-13: 978-0850917857
The Stray Cat (CD Audio Book)
Listening Books provides a postal and internet based audio book library service for people with visual impairments, learning difficulties such as dyslexia and physical impairments that mean a person cannot easily hold a book or turn a page. I'm proud to support the good work of this excellent charity organisation.
Author: Steven Paulsen
Reader: Stephanie Beattie
Publisher: Listening Books
Duration: 40 mins
Publishers id: 9244CD