Julia Golding
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-05
Julia Golding was born in 1969 in London and grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She read English at Cambridge, then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland. She later earned a doctorate in Romantic-period literature at Oxford and worked as a lobbyist at Oxfam on conflict issues before becoming a full-time writer. She also writes as Eve Edwards and as Joss Stirling, both for teen readers. Her books for younger readers include the Cat Royal series and the Companions Quartet. Her first novel The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Nestle Smarties Book Prize in 2006. She lives in Oxford and is married with three children.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 5
- Current rank: #217 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.15
- Award recognitions: None recorded
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 5 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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Secret of the Sirens (2006) · Companions Quartet Core Canon
Mines of the Minotaur (2007) · Companions Quartet Core Canon
The Gorgon's Gaze (2007) · Companions Quartet Core Canon
The Chimera's Curse (2008) · Companions Quartet Core Canon