Kidd, Pauli: - "Pauli Kidd is an author, games designer and historian from Perth, Australia. Her fascination with Japanese culture and martial arts began back in the 60's as she watched the adventures of 'Shintaro the Samurai' on TV. Japanese history then became a lifelong passion. Pauli is a 20 year student of the Katori Shinto Ryu, one of the oldest surviving schools of samurai fighting and tactical arts. She is also a student of kendo, jukendo and tankendo. She is also a researcher into Japanese magic, legend and occultism. 'Samurai-wise' - She is also a co-designer of the 'Monogatari' role playing game by Chaosium. Amongst her 40 or so novels in print is the 'Spirit Hunters' series, which follow the adventures of a group of would-be monster hunters in medieval Japan. Pauli's games review channel 'Lace and Steel' runs on Youtube."