Kathryn Lasky

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-27

Kathryn Lasky is an American author of more than one hundred books for children, young adults and adults, spanning fantasy, historical fiction, picture books and nonfiction; her work has been translated into nineteen languages. Her nonfiction includes the Newbery Honor book Sugaring Time (1984), and her historical fiction for young readers includes several titles in Scholastic's Dear America and Royal Diaries series as well as The Night Journey. Her best-known work is Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a sixteen-book fantasy series about a kingdom of owls published by Scholastic between 2003 and 2013, which has more than eight million copies in print; its first three books were adapted into the 2010 animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, directed by Zack Snyder. She extended the same world with two spin-off series, Wolves of the Beyond (2010 to 2013) and Bears of the Ice (2018 to 2019), and also wrote the Horses of the Dawn trilogy and the Daughters of the Sea series. For adult readers she has published under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight, including the Calista Jacobs mysteries, and E. L. Swann.

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Books

• The Capture (2003) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Journey (2003) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Burning (2004) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Rescue (2004) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Shattering (2004) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Siege (2004) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Hatchling (2005) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Outcast (2005) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Coming of Hoole (2006) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The First Collier (2006) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• To Be a King (2006) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Golden Tree (2007) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The River of Wind (2007) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Exile (2008) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The War of the Ember (2008) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Lone Wolf (2010) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Shadow Wolf (2010) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Frost Wolf (2011) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Watch Wolf (2011) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Spirit Wolf (2012) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Star Wolf (2013) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Rise of a Legend (2013) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Escape (2014) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Star Rise (2015) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• Wild Blood (2016) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Den of Forever Frost (2018) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Quest of the Cubs (2018) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon
• The Keepers of the Keys (2019) · Guardians of Ga'Hoole Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 28 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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