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Kaja Marie Foglio (born January 12, 1970) 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

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Born Kaja Murphy 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. She graduated from the University of Washington, and she married Phil Foglio in 1993.




= Career

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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 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, 2011 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).




Works illustrated


Cat on the Dovrefjell (1997)
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (1998)
Magic: The Gathering trading cards
Shadowfist trading cards




Works co-authored


What's New with Phil and Dixie (1999) (OCLC 60348876)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City (2001) (OCLC 60448325)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine (2002) (OCLC 58676074)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams (2005) (OCLC 71833596)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank (2005) (OCLC 58456205)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess (2006) (OCLC 154697336)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite (2007) (OCLC 503176324)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle (2008) (OCLC 302920936)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones (2009) (OCLC 609534822)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm (2010) (OCLC 646878064)
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (2011) (OCLC 745936840)
Agatha H. and the Airship City (2011) (OCLC 657594451)
Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess (2012) (OCLC 760917938)




References






External links


Girl Genius: Adventure, Romance, MAD SCIENCE!
The Biblio-File: Audio interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio; January 27, 2008
List of Magic the Gathering cards illustrated by Kaja Foglio
Kaja Foglio's Live Journal
Cat on the Dovrefjell
Kaja Foglio at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Kaja Foglio at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records

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• Phil Foglio
• Kaja Foglio
• Phil Foglio
• Girl Genius
• Foglio
• Kaja (name)
• Barry Hughart
• The Cat on the Dovrefjell
• List of webcomic creators
• Anachronism (game)
• Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story