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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780008636876
Publisert
2024-04-11
Utgiver
Vendor
One More Chapter
Vekt
260 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

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Om bidragsyterne

Julia Golding is a multi-award winning writer for adults, young adults and children. She also writes under the pen names of Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards. Over a million and a half of her books have been sold around the world with bestselling titles in a wide range of age categories. She is also Director of the Oxford Centre for Fantasy which uses the inspiration of Oxford Fantasy writers such as Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll to inspire new creativity.

She can be found taking an early nineteenth century perspective on modern life in her Jane Austen podcast 'What Would Jane Do?'.

As well as being a screenwriter and author of over sixty books, Julia is also a former British diplomat and Oxfam policy advisor. Read carefully and you'll spot all sorts of material from her diplomatic and Oxfam careers popping up in unexpected places. She has a doctorate in English literature from Oxford.