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'' series and '' The Companions Quartet''.

Biography

Born in

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, 1969, she grew up on the edge of

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. She originally read English at the

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She then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland. Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the

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and the bottom of a

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n coal mine. Upon leaving Poland, she turned her attention to academic studies and took a doctorate in English Romantic Period literature at Oxford University. She then worked for Oxfam as a lobbyist on conflict issues, campaigning at the United Nations and with governments to lessen the impact of conflict on civilians living in war zones. Golding lives in

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and works as a freelance writer. She is married with three children. ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' is her first novel, the first of the ''Cat Royal'' series. In 2007

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selected her as one of 25 Authors of the Future.

Published books

Novel series

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# ''

The Diamond of Drury Lane ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' is a children's historical novel by Julia Golding which won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize in 2006. The book is set on 1 January 1790. Plot An orphaned 1 ...

'' ( Egmont, 2006) # ''

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'' (2006) # '' Den of Thieves'' (2007) # ''

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'' (2007) # ''

Black Heart of Jamaica ''Black Heart of Jamaica'' is the fifth book in the Cat Royal series by British author Julia Golding. In this story the protagonist, Cat, becomes a pirate and gets involved with Pedro in a slave revolt. Plot Cat and Pedro decide to earn a liv ...

'' (2008) # '' The Middle Passage'' (novella, 2012) # ''

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'' (2009) ; The Companions Quartet # ''

Secret of the Sirens ''Secret of the Sirens'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Julia Golding. It is the first book of the ''Companions Quartet''. The other three books in the Tetralogy, quartet are ''The Gorgon's Gaze'', ''Mines of the Minotaur'', and ''The Chim ...

'' (

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, 2006) # '' The Gorgon's Gaze'' (2006) # '' Mines of the Minotaur'' (2007) # '' The Chimera's Curse'' (2007) ;Darcie Lock #''Ringmaster'' (2007) #''Empty Quarter'' (2008) #''Deadlock'' (2011) ;Dragonfly Universe # ''Dragonfly'' (Oxford, 2008) # ''The Glass Swallow'' (2010) ;Universal Companions #'' The Water Thief'' (2011) ;Young Knights # ''Young Knights of the Round Table'' (Oxford, 2013) # ''Pendragon'' (2013) # ''Merlin'' (2014) ;Mel Foster #'' Mel Foster and the Demon Butler'' (2015) - Victorian fantasy #''Mel Foster and the Time Machine'' (2016)

Others by Julia Golding

* ''The Ship Between the Worlds'' (Oxford, 2007) – pirate fantasy * ''Wolf Cry'' (Oxford, 2009); US edition, ''The Silver Sea'' (Marshall Cavendish, 2010) – historical YA novel about Vikings

As Joss Stirling

;Savants * Finding Sky Trilogy # ''Finding Sky'' (Oxford, 2010) # ''Stealing Phoenix'' (2011) # ''Seeking Crystal'' (2012) * ''Challenging Zed'' (2013) * ''Misty Falls'' (2014) * ''Angel Dares'' (2015) * ''Burning Yves'' (2015) * ''Summer Shadows'' (2016) ;Raven Stone or Young Detectives # ''Storm and Stone'' (Oxford, 2014); e-edition, ''Struck'' # ''Stung'' (2015) # ''Shaken'' (2016) # ''Scorched'' (2017)

As Eve Edwards

;The Lacey Chronicles, set in the Elizabethan age #''The Other Countess'' ( Penguin, 2010) #''The Queen's Lady'' (2011) #''The Rogue's Princess'' (2011) ;World War I duet # ''Dusk: a love worth fighting for'' (Penguin, 2013) # ''Dawn: a love worth living for'' (2014)

Other writing

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, published in May 2016 along with 11 other authors including Katherine Woodfine, Clementine Beauvais, Elen Caldecott, Susie Day,

Frances Hardinge Frances Hardinge (born 1973) is a British children's writer. Her debut novel, '' Fly By Night'', won the 2006 Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the ''School Library Journal'' Best Books. Her 2015 novel '' The Lie Tree'' won the 201 ...

, Caroline Lawrence, Helen Moss, Sally Nicholls,

Kate Pankhurst Kate Pankhurst is a British writer and illustrator, known for a series of children's picture books. She won second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration. Early life Kate Pankhurst was raised in Liverpool, England. She ...

, Robin Stevens and Harriet Whitehorn.

Awards and nominations

*2006 - ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' won the

Waterstones Children's Book Prize The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is there ...

*2006 - ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' won the

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize The Nestlé Children's Book Prize, and Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for a time, was a set of annual awards for British children's books that ran from 1985 to 2007. It was administered by BookTrust, an independent charity that promotes books and ...

in the 9–11 years old category *2006 - ''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' was shortlisted for the

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*2008 - ''Secrets of the Sirens'' won the Green Earth Book Award (Honour book)

References

External links

*
Julia Golding at Fantastic Fiction
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golding, Julia 1969 births British children's writers British fantasy writers English women novelists British chick lit writers Date of birth missing (living people) Living people British women children's writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers