{"id":19,"date":"2016-01-07T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T12:31:26","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20170423_145452-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-368 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20170423_145452-1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20170423_145452-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20170423_145452-1-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20170423_145452-1-804x1024.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Urban fantasy and historical fiction author J.A. Ironside masquerades by day as member of the county library service, which strangely enough has less to do with books than you would think.<\/p>\n<p>Jules grew up in Dorset in a house full of books, which probably explains a lot about how her mind works. You might think that folklore, fringe science, history, physics, magic and supernatural mystery wouldn\u2019t go all that well together, but she\u2019s hell bent on proving they do. Her urban fantasy series <em>Harker &amp; Blackthorn<\/em> is now ten books long and counting. It features a sentient museum because <em>someone<\/em> needs to keep track of what\u2019s going on. <em>Unveiled<\/em> \u2013 another UF series set in the same universe \u2013 is now complete.<\/p>\n<p>Jules is also determined to show that historical fiction can be both factually correct and funny. <em>The King\u2019s Knight<\/em> series is set during the tumultuous reign of Richard II, while the sweeping <em>Oath and Crown Duology<\/em> \u2013 co-authored with Matthew Willis \u2013 follows the events leading up to and around the Battle of Hastings.<\/p>\n<p>When pried her away from her books, Jules enthusiastically engages in martial arts and playing the piano, although never at the same time. At least not yet. She lives on the edge of the Cotswold way with her boyfriend creature and two hell\u2019s kittens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban fantasy and historical fiction author J.A. Ironside masquerades by day as member of the county library service, which strangely enough has less to do with books than you would think. Jules grew up in Dorset in a house full of books, which probably explains a lot about how her mind works. You might think&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=19\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About the Author<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}