Do you suspect that your dog is writing his autobiography? Have you seen your cat nosing around your keyboard one too many times? Are you wondering how you can encourage their creative aspirations? In Episode 1, hosts Pratima Gopalakrishnan and Hayley Milliman talk about the long and august tradition of making up authorial voices for the animals in your life. Season 1 of UnFamiliar Tales is all about the 19th century German book titled *The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr.* This remarkable book by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is the autobiography of a cat named Murr who teaches himself to read and write.