June 14, 1914

Ruthven Todd (June 14, 1914 to October 11,1978) was a Scottish writer. He was an expert on William Blake and Henry Fuseli. Ruthven Todd was also a poet and he wrote detective stories, under a pseudonym. 1946 was a busy year. In addition to a book of criticism on visual artists including Blake, Tracks in the Snow, Todd published 5 detective stories:

Take thee a Sharp Knife (1946)
Death for Madame (1946)
The Death Cup (1946)
Swing Low Sweet Death (1946)
and Bodies in a Bookshop (1946). This last title includes the fresh trope for attraction --"like a cat to valerian."

His children's books in the 1950s included a series that started with Space Cat (1952). Here is the first cover art.

The series included Space Cat and the Kittens (1958). Here is how google books blurbed this last: Marty and Tailspin have adventures on a planet where the animals are miniature prehistoric type creatures. Grades 3-5.

During the last 20 years of his life he and his wife, a sculptor, lived on Majorca.