🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Catherine Jinks
After working in a bank for several years, she married a Canadian journalist and lived in Nova Scotia, Canada for a short time. Catherine gets the ideas for her novels from everywhere. Like particularly good science fiction films. She writes whenever she has a spare moment, like when her daughter’s not around, and could write for eight hours straight if only she had the chance. She became a writer since she loves reading, as well as gossip, history, TV, and films. “Pagan’s Vows” won the 1996 Children’s Books of the Year Award: Older Readers. “Eye to Eye” won the 1998 Children’s Book of the Year Award: Older Readers and was a co-winner of the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young adult novel. “You’ll Wake the Baby” won the 2001 Children’s Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers.
All Book Series by Catherine Jinks
How to Catch a Bogle / A Very Unusual Pursuit
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2013
The Last Bogler / A Very Singular Guild
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014
The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2010
Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2015
Theophilus Grey and the Traitor's Mask
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Catherine Jinks?
After working in a bank for several years, she married a Canadian journalist and lived in Nova Scotia, Canada for a short time. Catherine gets the ideas for her novels from everywhere. Like particularly good science fiction films.
Which Catherine Jinks series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Pagan Chronicles series, the earliest of Catherine Jinks's multi-book series: it opens with Pagan's Crusade (1992) and runs to 5 books across 1992–2006, ending with Pagan's Daughter (2006). Catherine Jinks's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Catherine Jinks written?
Catherine Jinks has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1992 and 2025. 19 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Pagan Chronicles series with 5 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Catherine Jinks's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Catherine Jinks's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Pagan Chronicles (1992–2006, 5 books), Allie's Ghost Hunters (2002–2007, 4 books) and Genius (2005–2009, 3 books), plus 3 more.
How are Catherine Jinks's books organised into series?
This guide splits Catherine Jinks's 50 books into 6 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Pagan Chronicles (5 books, 1992–2006); Allie's Ghost Hunters (4 books, 2002–2007); City of Orphans / Bogle (3 books, 2013–2014); Genius (3 books, 2005–2009); Paranormal Support Groups (2 books, 2009–2010), plus 1 further series.