Description Winner of the Nestle Gold Prize and Waterstones Children\'s Book Prize 2006.
In the US, \'Secret of the Sirens\' won the honor book medal of the Green Earth Book Award..
Her first novel, \'The Diamond of Drury Lane\' (2006), won the Waterstones Children\'s Book Prize and the Nestle Children\'s Book Prize.
Along the way, between having three children, she took a doctorate in English literature from Oxford.
Former British diplomat and Oxfam policy adviser, she has now published over fifty books in genres ranging from historical adventure to fantasy.
About the Author Julia Golding is a multi-award winning writer for children and young adults.
Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. . .
Follow me, and I will show you in The Diamond of Drury Lane.\' Exciting, funny and packed with adventure .
But this turn of events, I have to say, surprised even me.
I was brought up in Drury Lane, so I have become accustomed to a life less than ordinary. \'Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. . . \'I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress .
First in the Cat Royal series.
Description Winner of the Nestle Gold Prize and Waterstones Children\'s Book Prize 2006
