SIMONE POIRIER

Simone Poirier had been breeding the Sacred Cat of Burma from the early 1950's she had been introduced to Mme Boyer famous for her De Kaabaa cattery which was in existence before the war. Simone's knowledge of the history Birman is what brought her to the attention of Gisele Barnay.

GISELE BARNAY

Gisele Barnay was a well known author of animal books and Chief Editor  of La Vie Betes (The Life of Animals) Gisele Barnay had interviewed Simone Poirier  and it was during this interview that these two expert ladies had the idea to write a book together. The outcome 15 years later was the book Les Secrets du Chat Sacre de Birmanie.

ALWYN HILL

EDITOR OF THE ENGLISH EDITION

Much later Alwyn Hill was given a translation of the original book, which had been out of print for many years, for a Christmas present. Alwyn has been breeding Birmans for over 10 years and is an avid collector of books about the breed; to her this book was a revelation. She set out to arrange for the book to be re printed this time in English. It has taken over four years to trace and get permissions to publish this book once again. Thanks to the internet Alwyn has managed to track down many more photographs of cats named in the book than were available in the original.