She has been writing for years, and is currently working the end lords. Mapping the sword of shadows atlas of ice and fire. In her youth she worked as a bar tender and for a record label in liverpool. You dont have to join to read most of my blog posts. High adventure on the sword edge of destiny a caver more. Jones has resumed work on the novel, but cautions that after such a long break she is approaching the project slowly to get back into the same. The sword of shadows series currently consists of a cavern of black ice 1999, a fortress of grey ice 2002, a sword from red ice 2007 and watcher of the dead 2010. Jones first made it as a published novelist with the release of her debut work of fiction. Julie victoria jones was born in liverpool, england.
I decided to revamp the map to the new style employed by my more recent maps, as well as increasing the size so i could integrate all of the clanhold locations on the same main map. Julie victoria jones born 1963 is a british author of fantasy she was born 1963 in liverpool, england, as the daughter of a pub owner. Terrible dreams plague her and sometimes in the darkness she hears. Jones explores some of the traditional themes of fantasy fiction including the moral ambiguity of all agendas, even those that.
Jones had to put the fifth sword of shadows book, endlords, on hold for several years due to a series of unfortunate events in her personal life. Youll find all sorts of nonsense, photos and information for free. As a newborn ash march was abandonedleft for dead at the foot of a frozen mountain. I follow and support jones on patreon and im now patiently waiting for book five, which the author is currently writing.
She lives in san diego, california, where she initially ran an export business and later occupied a position as marketing director. This was the first novel in her book of words series in 1995. I enjoyed the other books but the last release was about 2010. Jones would also pen a novel that stands alone, the barbed coil. Work on endlords began in 2010 but stalled after a few chapters as the authors life entered a tumultuous phase which was only recently resolved. Sword of shadows series 5 primary works 5 total works fr.