About the author

Jacky Donovan

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Jacky Donovan might not have nine lives, but she does have a few. Having become bored of being a &#39;Stepford&#39; housewife in Southampton, Jacky packed her bags and headed to London just over a decade ago. She&#39;s now an established author and, more importantly, curious about cats. Her latest book &quot;Simon Ships Out: A heroic cat at sea&quot; - the memoir of the world&#39;s first celebrity cat! - has just been published to great acclaim in the UK. She is a regular contributor to Huffington Post and Sabotage Times. In between her writing she has recently trekked to see Mount Everest; tandem jumped from a tiny plane; been on Canarian TV due to her crazy long fingernails; run a lesbian dining club; escaped from a yoga holiday in a dinghy; and regularly does charity work for Breast Cancer and Gay Pride. She currently spends her time between London and Gran Canaria.</span></p>