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Julia Golding (born 1969), pen names Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards, is a British novelist best known for her Cat Royal series and The Companions Quartet. Biography Born in London, 1969, she grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. She originally read English at the University of Cambridge. She then joined the Foreign Office and worked in Poland. Her work as a diplomat took her many places including the Tatra Mountains and the bottom of a Silesian coal mine.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. 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. Published books Other writing Julia Golding is contributing to 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. Awards and nominations 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in the 9–11 years old category 2006 - The Diamond of Drury Lane was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2008 - Secrets of the Sirens won the Green Earth Book Award (Honour book)References External links Official website Julia Golding at Fantastic Fiction Julia Golding at British Council: Literature. Discover the Clementine Beauvais popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Clementine Beauvais books.