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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

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and worked in Poland. Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the Tatra Mountains 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

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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 13- ...

'' (

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, 2006) # ''

Cat among the Pigeons ''Cat Among the Pigeons'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1959, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1960 with a copyright date of 1959. The UK ed ...

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

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'' (2007) # '' Black Heart of Jamaica'' (2008) # '' The Middle Passage'' (novella, 2012) # ''

Cat's Cradle ''Cat's Cradle'' is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the p ...

'' (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 quartet are '' The Gorgon's Gaze'', '' Mines of the Minotaur'', and '' The Chimera's ...

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, 2006) # ''

The Gorgon's Gaze ''The Gorgon's Gaze'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Julia Golding. It is the second book of the ''Companions Quartet'', and it continues the story from the previous book, ''Secret of the Sirens''. The rest of the quartet includes ''Min ...

'' (2006) # ''

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'' (2007) # ''

The Chimera's Curse ''The Chimera's Curse'' is a children's fantasy novel by British writer Julia Golding, first published in 2007. It is the fourth and final book of the Companions Quartet. The rest of the quartet includes ''The Gorgon's Gaze'', ''Mines of th ...

'' (2007) ;Darcie Lock #''Ringmaster'' (2007) #''Empty Quarter'' (2008) #''Deadlock'' (2011) ;Dragonfly Universe # ''Dragonfly'' (Oxford, 2008) # ''The Glass Swallow'' (2010) # ''Ragged Wolf'' (2019) ;Universal Companions #''

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'' (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'' (

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, 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,

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, Caroline Lawrence, Helen Moss,

Sally Nicholls Sally Nicholls (born 22 June 1983) is a prize-winning British children's book author. Life Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, England. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliffe ...

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, Robin Stevens and Harriet Whitehorn.

Awards and nominations

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

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*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 r ...

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

Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in United Kingdom, UK and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first ...

*2008 - ''Secrets of the Sirens'' won the

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(Honour book)

References

External links

*
Julia Golding at Fantastic Fiction
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golding, Julia 1969 births Alumni of the University of Cambridge 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 British women science fiction and fantasy writers People from Epping Forest District Writers from Essex