Kaja Foglio
Encyclopedia
Kaja Foglio 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, and has continued to co-win two Hugo Awards the following years.
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
.
and they founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995. The studio became the venue for her art prints; many which have been produced as cards for Magic: The Gathering
, as well as a publishing house. Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic
Girl Genius
with Phil Foglio. She also 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. In 2010 and 2011 the three again won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. Having won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story all three of its first three years, Kaja, Phil, and Cheyenne announced that, in order to show that the category was a "viable award" (with quality competitors besides themselves), they were refusing nomination for the following year (2012).
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
-based writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
in 2009 for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, and has continued to co-win two Hugo Awards the following years.
Early life and education
Born in Bellevue, Washington, and reared in Kirkland, Washington, Foglio graduated from Juanita High SchoolJuanita High School
Juanita High School is a high school in Kirkland, Washington, administered by Lake Washington School District. It was opened on September 4, 1971, as a result of a campaign driven by an education theory known as the "Juanita Concept", developed by John Strauss, who became the school's first...
in Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle on the Eastside . The population was 48,787 at the 2010 census makes it the 9th largest city in King County and the 20th largest city in the state...
in 1988. She attended the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, where she was heavily involved with the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism
Society for Creative Anachronism
The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century...
.
Career
After graduating from UW, she married Phil FoglioPhil Foglio
Philip "Phil" Foglio is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work.-Early life and career:...
and they founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995. The studio became the venue for her art prints; many which have been produced as cards for Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
, as well as a publishing house. Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
Girl Genius
Girl Genius
Girl Genius is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company, Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment...
with Phil Foglio. She also serves as the chief graphic designer and webmaster
Webmaster
A webmaster , also called a web architect, web developer, site author, or website administrator is a person responsible for maintaining one or many websites...
for the Studio Foglio and Airship Entertainment websites. Foglio also contributes to other projects, including providing the illustrations Barry Hughart's
Barry Hughart
Barry Hughart in Peoria, Illinois, is an American author of fantasy novels.- Background :Hughart was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 13, 1934. His father, John Harding Page, served as a naval officer. His mother, Veronica Hughart, was an architect.Hughart was educated at Phillips Academy...
anthology of The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart, is the omnibus edition of all three of his novels in the series by the same name...
.
In 2009 the Foglios and their colorist, Cheyenne Wright, won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
, for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones. In 2010 and 2011 the three again won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. Having won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story all three of its first three years, Kaja, Phil, and Cheyenne announced that, in order to show that the category was a "viable award" (with quality competitors besides themselves), they were refusing nomination for the following year (2012).
Works illustrated
- Cat on the Dovrejfel (1997)
- The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten OxThe Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten OxThe Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart, is the omnibus edition of all three of his novels in the series by the same name...
(1998) - Magic, The Gathering trading cards
- Shadow Fist trading cards
Works Co-Authored
- What's New with Phil and Dixie (1999) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City (2001) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine (2002) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams (2005) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank (2005) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess (2006) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite (2007) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle (2008) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones (2009) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm (2010) (OCLC )
- Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (2011) (OCLC )
- Agatha H. and the Airship City (2011) (OCLC )