Julie Kagawa
Julie Kagawa, the New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Fey, Blood of Eden, Talon, and Shadow of the Fox series was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel.
When not swimming for her life, Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers, who would find she hid novels behind her Math textbooks during class. Her love of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with time, but the passion for writing remained, long after she graduated and was supposed to get a real job.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dogtrainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full time.
Julie now lives in horse country in Kentucky with her husband and a pair of Australian Shepherds that have more Instagram followers than she does.
On the Web
Books
- Brothers Piggett, The - 2014
- Dawn Of Eden - 2013
- Eternity Cure, The - 2013
- Forever Song, The - 2014
- Immortal Rules, The - 2012
- Inferno - 2018
- Iron Daughter, The - 2010
- Iron King, The - 2010
- Iron Knight, The - 2011
- Iron Queen, The - 2011
- Iron Raven, The - 2021
- Iron Sword, The - 2022
- Iron Traitor, The - 2013
- Iron Vow, The - 2023
- Iron Warrior, The - 2015
- Iron's Prophecy - 2012
- Legion - 2017
- Lost Prince, The - 2012
- Night Of The Dragon - 2020
- Rogue - 2015
- Shadow Of The Fox - 2018
- Shadow's Legacy - 2021
- Shinji Takahashi And The Mark Of The Coatl - 2022
- Shinji Takahashi: Into The Heart Of The Storm - 2023
- Soldier - 2016
- Soul Of The Sword - 2019
- Summer's Crossing - 2011
- Talon - 2014
- Winter's Passage - 2010
Series/Related Titles
Blood Of Eden
Iron Fey
- 1. The Iron King
- 1.5 Winter's Passage
- 2. The Iron Daughter
- 3. The Iron Queen
- 4. The Iron Knight
- 4.5 Iron's Prophecy
- 5. The Lost Prince
- 6. The Iron Traitor
- 7. The Iron Warrior
- 7.5 Shadow's Legacy
- 8. The Iron Raven
- 9. The Iron Sword
- 10. The Iron Vow
Iron Fey: Call Of The Forgotten
Iron Rey: Evenfall
Shadow Of The Fox
Society Of Explorers And Adventurers
Talon Saga
Awards
- 2011 RITA Award Winner - Young Adult Romance, The Iron King
Recognitions
- 2022 School Library Journal Starred Review, Shinji Takahashi And The Mark Of The Coatl
- 2022 School Library Journal Best Books - Middle Grade, Shinji Takahashi And The Mark Of The Coatl
- 2015 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Young Adult, The Immortal Rules
- 2012 Library Journal Starred Review, The Immortal Rules
- 2012 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, The Immortal Rules
- 2011 Isinglass Teen Read Award Nominee - Grades 6-8, The Iron King
- 2011 RITA Award Finalist - First Book, The Iron King
