Kali Stileman founded The Square Card Company in 2002, specialising in brightly-coloured sparkly greetings cards for children and young people. Her cards are sold worldwide, from Australia and Dubai to Hong Kong and Iceland.
After her degree in 3D design at Brighton, Kali became a teacher of primary-age children. She then moved to Bermuda where she sold her collages and paintings through local galleries. Kali lives in a gamekeeper's cottage, deep in the woods in Wiltshire with her two children. Peely Wally, her first children's picture book, was published by Random House Children's Books in 2011.