Julia Golding

Julia Golding is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Diamond of Drury Lane, winner of both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, as well as The Queen's Wardrobe illustrated by Kate Hindley and Royal Animals illustrated by Emily Sutton. A former British diplomat and Oxfam policy adviser, Julia has a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford University, and was writer-in-residence at the Royal Institution in 2019. Her Jane Austen-themed podcast 'What Would Jane Do?' offers a 19th century take on modern life.