Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette the French writer and stage actress, professionally worked under the pen name Colette. She was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, in the Burgundy Region of France

Cats were always an integral part of Colette's life. She writes about the cats that she lived with in "La Maison du Claudine" as well as featuring them in her short stories. When she died in Paris on August 3, 1954, she was given a state funeral. Colette is interred in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Her works include:

Claudine à l'école (1900)
Claudine à Paris (1901)
Claudine en ménage (1902)
Claudine s'en va (1903)
Dialogues de Bêtes (1904)
La Vagabonde (1910)
L'Envers du music hall (1913)
La Paix Chez les Bêtes (1916)
L'Enfant et les sortilèges (1917, Ravel opera libretto)
Mitsou (1919)
Chéri (1920)
La Maison de Claudine (1922)
Le Blé en Herbe (1923)
La Fin de Chéri (1926)
La Naissance du Jour (1928)
Sido (1929)
Le Pur et L'Impur (1932)
La Chatte (1933)
Duo (1934)
Le Képi (1943)
Gigi (1945)
L'Étoile Vesper (1947)
Le Fanal Bleu (1949)