Julia Golding

Born in London, 1969, she grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She originally read English at the University of Cambridge.[http://juliagolding.co.uk/85ca2f91f8/04de0db6ac.html Julia Golding – Info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727160036/http://juliagolding.co.uk/85ca2f91f8/04de0db6ac.html |date=27 July 2009 }} She then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland.{{cite news |title=Former diplomat's sparkling debut wins Nestle prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/13/nestleprize |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=13 December 2006 |access-date=21 August 2009 | first=Nick | last=Tanner}} Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the Tatra Mountains and the bottom of a Silesian coal mine.{{cite news |title=Book prize for orphan's tale of Georgian city wins prize |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/book-prize-for-orphans-tale-of-georgian-city-wins-prize-524693.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109103340/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/book-prize-for-orphans-tale-of-georgian-city-wins-prize-524693.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=21 August 2009 | first=Ciar | last=Byrne}}

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 Oxford and works as a freelance writer. She is married with three children.{{cite news |title=Author wins top prize at awards |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4653878.stm |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=21 August 2009}} 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.{{cite news |title=UK authors of the future unveiled |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6665401.stm |work=BBC News |date=17 May 2007 |access-date=21 August 2009}}

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;Cat Royal

1. The Diamond of Drury Lane (Egmont, 2006)
2. Cat among the Pigeons (2006)
3. Den of Thieves (2007)
4. Cat O'Nine Tails (2007)
5. Black Heart of Jamaica (2008)
6. The Middle Passage (novella, 2012)
7. Cat's Cradle (2009)

;The Companions Quartet

1. Secret of the Sirens (Oxford University Press, 2006)
2. The Gorgon's Gaze (2006)
3. Mines of the Minotaur (2007)
4. The Chimera's Curse (2007)

;Darcie Lock

1. Ringmaster (2007)
2. Empty Quarter (2008)
3. Deadlock (2011)

;Dragonfly Universe

1. Dragonfly (Oxford, 2008)
2. The Glass Swallow (2010)
3. Ragged Wolf (2019)

;Universal Companions{{cite web|title=Water Thief|url=http://juliagolding.co.uk/page-2/page-6/page29/|website=juliagolding.co.uk|access-date=13 December 2016}}

1. The Water Thief (2011)

;Young Knights

1. Young Knights of the Round Table (Oxford, 2013)
2. Pendragon (2013)
3. Merlin (2014)

;Mel Foster{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/julia-golding/mel-foster-and-the-demon-butler.htm|title=Mel Foster and the Demon Butler|website=Fantastic Fiction|access-date=15 January 2017}}

1. Mel Foster and the Demon Butler (2015) - Victorian fantasy
2. Mel Foster and the Time Machine (2016)

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• 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

;Savants

• Finding Sky Trilogy

1. Finding Sky (Oxford, 2010)
2. Stealing Phoenix (2011)
3. Seeking Crystal (2012)

• Challenging Zed (2013)
• Misty Falls (2014)
• Angel Dares (2015)
• Burning Yves (2015)
• Summer Shadows (2016)

;Raven Stone or Young Detectives

1. Storm and Stone (Oxford, 2014); e-edition, Struck
2. Stung (2015)
3. Shaken (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/shaken/joss-stirling/9780192745989|title=Shaken by Joss Stirling|website=waterstones.com|access-date=15 January 2017}}
4. Scorched (2017)

;The Lacey Chronicles, set in the Elizabethan age

1. The Other Countess (Penguin, 2010)
2. The Queen's Lady (2011)
3. The Rogue's Princess (2011)

;World War I duet

1. Dusk: a love worth fighting for (Penguin, 2013)
2. Dawn: a love worth living for (2014)

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Julia Golding is contributing to [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mystery-Mayhem-The-Crime-Club/dp/1405282649 Mystery & Mayhem] by Egmont Books, published in May 2016 along with 11 other authors including Katherine Woodfine, Clementine Beauvais, Elen Caldecott, Susie Day, Frances Hardinge, Caroline Lawrence, Helen Moss, Sally Nicholls, Kate Pankhurst, Robin Stevens and Harriet Whitehorn.{{Cite web|title = » EGMONT TO PUBLISH MIDDLE GRADE MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY|url = https://www.egmont.co.uk/egmont-to-publish-middle-grade-mystery-anthology/|website = egmont.co.uk|access-date = 2015-12-16|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101325/https://www.egmont.co.uk/egmont-to-publish-middle-grade-mystery-anthology/#.VnGBabSorww|archive-date = 22 December 2015}}

• 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize{{cite web|title=Waterstone's Children's Book Prize|url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Waterstone's+Children's+Book+Prize|website=librarything.com|access-date=12 October 2016}}
• 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in the 9–11 years old category{{cite web|title=Nestlé Children's Book Prize 2006|url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/13/2006|website=Book Trust|access-date=12 October 2016}}
• 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards{{cite web|title=Costa 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/costa2006/0,,1958987,00.html|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 October 2016}}
• 2008 - Secrets of the Sirens won the Green Earth Book Award (Honour book){{cite web|title=Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2016|url=https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?wid=44|website=teachingbooks.net|access-date=13 October 2016}}

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{{cite web|url=http://juliagolding.co.uk/85ca2f91f8/e3159658eb.html |title=Ask |author=Julia Golding |date=31 October 2011 |work=juliagolding.co.uk |quote=...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. |access-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124201841/http://juliagolding.co.uk/85ca2f91f8/e3159658eb.html |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}

[http://www.jossstirling.co.uk "Welcome"]. Joss Stirling (jossstirling.co.uk). Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[http://eve-edwards.co.uk "Welcome"]. Eve Edwards (eve-edwards.co.uk). Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?36558 "Julia Golding - Summary Bibliography"]. ISFDB. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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• {{official website|JuliaGolding.co.uk}}
• [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/julia-golding/ Julia Golding at Fantastic Fiction]
• {{british council|julia-golding}}

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