Cristine Caton

Cousins Cristine Caton and Judy Ryan grew up in St. Louis, Missouri

Cristine Caton started her career as an elementary school teacher. She taught for 7 years before going on to other ventures. She ended her career as the owner of a print and copy shop where she did the layout and design for her customers using various computer graphics programs.

After retiring she decided to put both of these careers together to create the series of children's pictures called The Adventures of Cefa the Cat. Cris did the writing and worked on the illustrations using her computer skills while Judy drew the characters and facial expressions. Working together Cefa the Cat became a reality.

Judy Drmacich Ryan has always been involved in drawing, painting and music. Of the two creative roads possible she chose to follow the music path first. She started a degree in Music Education then, after life happened and more than a few years passed, she finished that degree - better late than never. Still enjoying painting, drawing and music she is also an avid gardener. When her cousin Cris asked her to help with illustrating The Adventures of Cefa the Cat she was thrilled to say yes. This is her first venture into cartooning and is looking forward to more adventures with Cefa.

"The Adventures of Cefa the Cat" is an internet collaboration in the true sense of the word. Pictures were sent via email and put into a graphics program for finishing touches. After much writing and editing, drawing and redrawing, changing and rearranging the final product was uploaded to the print-on-demand website Create Space and is now available online.

This series is based on the adventures, or misadventures as some will find, of the Caton's Russian Blue cat. He was a very active cat with a lot of character. He would roam around the yard and eventually found himself in various situations. It was fun to watch as he tried to decide just how he was going to find a way out. Cristine used these situations as the basis of her stories.

The Adventures of Cefa the Cat is a great read for elementary students who can read by themselves or by parents for those little ones who don't know how to read yet. They are working on more book in the series along with an animation edition of Cefa and all of his friends. Watch for its release soon. For more information visit Cefa's website at http://www.cefathecat.com