The Cat Who Came for Christmas is the first book written by Cleveland Amory

Cleveland Amory

Cleveland Amory was an American author who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. He was perhaps best known for his books about his cat, named Polar Bear, whom he saved from the Manhattan streets on Christmas Eve 1977...

, an American author who wrote extensively about animal rights. In this book Amory recounts his rescue and adoption of Polar Bear, a cat he featured in several more books.

It was first published in paperback by Penguin books in 1988, and maintained the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list

New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...

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It bears no relation to Lilian Jackson Braun's

Lilian Jackson Braun

Lilian Jackson Braun was an American writer, well known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels...

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Cat Who series

The Cat Who... is a novel series of murder mystery novels by Lilian Jackson Braun. This series is called the "Cat Who..." series because each book title in this series begins with the words "The Cat Who. . ."....

series.