Ursula Vernon

Ursula Vernon is best known as a children’s book writer. She is also an artist and illustrator a talent that has been seen in most of her works. Born in 1977, 28th May, she began as an illustrator then delved into writing children novels.

The best place to start is the Digger series, the earliest of Ursula Vernon's multi-book series: it opens with Digger, Volume One (2005) and runs to 8 books across 2005–2022, ending with Digger Unearthed (2022). Ursula Vernon's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Ursula Vernon has 91 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2027. 49 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Dragonbreath series with 11 books — and 42 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ursula Vernon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Digger (2005–2022, 8 books), Black Dogs (2007–2011, 2 books) and Dragonbreath (2009–2016, 11 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Ursula Vernon's 91 books into 11 named series and 42 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dragonbreath (11 books, 2009–2016); Digger (8 books, 2005–2022); Hamster Princess (6 books, 2015–2018); T. Kingfisher Short Stories/Novellas (6 books, 2013–2023); The Saint of Steel (4 books, 2020–2023), plus 6 further series.