Julia Golding

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Julia Golding (born 1969), [1] pen names Joss Stirling [2] [3] and Eve Edwards, [4] [5] is a British novelist best known for her Cat Royal series and The Companions Quartet .

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Biography

Born in London, 1969, she grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She originally read English at the University of Cambridge. [6] She then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland. [7] Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the Tatra Mountains and the bottom of a Silesian coal mine. [8]

Upon leaving Poland, she turned her attention to academic studies and took a doctorate in English Romantic Period literature at Oxford University. [6] [7] 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. [7] [8]

Golding lives in Oxford and works as a freelance writer. She is married with three children. [9] The Diamond of Drury Lane is her first novel, the first of the Cat Royal series.

In 2007 Waterstones selected her as one of 25 Authors of the Future. [10]

Published books

Other writing

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Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ "Julia Golding - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Welcome". Joss Stirling (jossstirling.co.uk). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Julia Golding - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Welcome". Eve Edwards (eve-edwards.co.uk). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Julia Golding (31 October 2011). "Ask". juliagolding.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. 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.
  6. 1 2 Julia Golding – Info Archived 27 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 3 Tanner, Nick (13 December 2006). "Former diplomat's sparkling debut wins Nestle prize". The Guardian . UK. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  8. 1 2 Byrne, Ciar (27 January 2006). "Book prize for orphan's tale of Georgian city wins prize". The Independent . UK. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "Author wins top prize at awards". BBC News . 27 January 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "UK authors of the future unveiled". BBC News. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Water Thief". juliagolding.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Mel Foster and the Demon Butler". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Shaken by Joss Stirling". waterstones.com. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "» EGMONT TO PUBLISH MIDDLE GRADE MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY". egmont.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize". librarything.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nestlé Children's Book Prize 2006". Book Trust. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Costa 2006". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2016". teachingbooks.net. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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