Kaja Foglio
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Kaja Marie Foglio (born January 12, 1970)<ref name=profile/> is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, a series which went on to win two more Hugo Awards.
Biography
Early life and education
Born Kaja Murphy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Bellevue, Washington, Kaja was raised in Kirkland, Washington. She graduated from Juanita High School in Kirkland, Washington in 1988. She attended the University of Washington, where she was heavily involved with the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She graduated from the University of Washington, and she married Phil Foglio in 1993.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Better source needed
Career
Kaja, with Phil, founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995. The studio became the venue for her art prints, many of which have been produced as cards for Magic: The Gathering. Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic Girl Genius with Phil Foglio. She coined the term "gaslamp fantasy" to describe its genre of 19th century ahistorical fantasy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
She serves as the chief graphic designer and webmaster for the Studio Foglio and Airship Entertainment websites. Foglio also contributes to other projects, including providing the illustrations Barry Hughart's anthology of The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox.
In 2009 the Foglios and their colorist, Cheyenne Wright, won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2010,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> they won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story again. Having won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story for three years running, Kaja, Phil, and Cheyenne announced that, in order to show that the category was a "viable award", they refused nomination for the following year (2012).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Works illustrated
- Cat on the Dovrefjell (1997)
- The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (1998)
- Magic: The Gathering trading cards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Shadowfist trading cards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Works co-authored
- What's New with Phil and Dixie (1999) (OCLC Template:OCLC search link)
- Girl Genius series (1995-ongoing). Template:As of comprising 23 graphic novels, each titled Agatha Heterodyne and the ..., and 4 prose novels, each titled Agatha H and the ....
References
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- American webcomic creators
- Comic book publishers (people)
- American female comics artists
- American female comics writers
- American game artists
- Writers from Kirkland, Washington
- Writers from Seattle
- Studio Foglio
- Hugo Award–winning writers
- Steampunk writers
- University of Washington alumni