Julia Golding
Julia Golding is a British novelist.
Julia Golding grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She originally read English at the University of Cambridge.[1] She then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland.[2] Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the Tatra Mountains and the bottom of a Silesian coal mine.[3]
Upon leaving Poland, she exchanged diplomacy for academic studies and took a doctorate in the literature of the English Romantic Period at Oxford University.[1][2] 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.[2][3]
Golding lives in Oxford and works as a freelance writer. She is married with three children.[4] The Diamond of Drury Lane is her first novel, the first of the Cat Royal series. Also Julia Golding has written a series of four novels called The Companions Quartet, the first of which is Secret of the Sirens.
In 2007 she was selected by Waterstone's as one of the 25 Authors of the Future.[5]
Golding also publishes under two pen names: Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards.[6]
Contents |
[edit] Novel series
- The Diamond of Drury Lane
- Cat among the Pigeons
- Den of Thieves
- Cat O'Nine Tails
- Black Heart of Jamaica
- Cat's Cradle
- The Middle Passage
- The Companions Quartet
- Darcie Lock
- Ringmaster
- Empty Quarter
- Deadlock
- Dragonfly
- Dragonfly
- The Glass Swallow
[edit] Writing as Joss Stirling
- Finding Sky, 2010, publisher: Oxford University Press
- Stealing Phoenix, 2011, publisher: Oxford University Press
- Seeing Crystal/Capturing Crystal (Title not decided yet), set for early 2013
[edit] Writing as Eve Edwards
- The Other Countess
- Tudor Fortune Hunters
- The Queen's Lady
- The Rogue's Princess
[edit] References
- ^ a b Julia Golding – Info
- ^ a b c Tanner, Nick (13 December 2006). "Former diplomat's sparkling debut wins Nestle prize". The Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/dec/13/nestleprize. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ a b Byrne, Ciar (27 January 2006). "Book prize for orphan's tale of Georgian city wins prize". The Independent (UK). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/book-prize-for-orphans-tale-of-georgian-city-wins-prize-524693.html. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Author wins top prize at awards". BBC News. 27 January 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4653878.stm. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "UK authors of the future unveiled". BBC News. 17 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6665401.stm. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ Julia Golding (31 October 2011). "Ask". juliagolding.co.uk. http://juliagolding.co.uk/85ca2f91f8/e3159658eb.html. Retrieved 4 November 2011. "…you say you have two pen names, Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards… They are all me. I link Eve and Joss as it is the same age group - teen."
