Ursula Vernon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ursula Vernon
Occupation	Children's Author
Date Of Birth	May 28, 1977(1977-05-28)
Age	47
Birthplace	Pittsboro
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Gemini

Ursula Vernon Biography

Ursula Vernon is one of the most popular and richest Children's Author who was born on May 28, 1977 in Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States. Hugo and Ursa Major Award winning writer, artist, and illustrator known for the Dragonbreath children’s book series as well as the webcomic Digger.

She is an illustrator like Frank Miller, creator of several dark comics.

Vernon’s cover for Best in Show won the 2003 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration. She was nominated for the 2006 Eisner Awards in the category Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for her work on Digger. Digger has won some Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, and has been nominated for others, in the Outstanding Black and White Art and Outstanding Anthropomorphic Comic categories. Digger won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2012 and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 2013. She won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the WSFA Small Press Award for “Jackalope Wives” in 2015, and it was also a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. In 2016 her novel “Castle Hangnail” won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature. Her story “The Tomato Thief” won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Her short story “Sun, Moon, Dust” was a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Ursula Vernon grew up in Oregon and Arizona and studied anthropology at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota where she first took art classes. She first became known for her webcomics and as a freelance artist, particularly for her works containing anthropomorphic animals. She then moved into writing and illustrating a number of children’s books, her first being published in 2008, and then Young Adult books under the pseudonym T. Kingfisher. She has published short fiction under both names, and has won a number of awards for them including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Vernon regularly attends conventions to exhibit and sell her work and has been a guest of honor at Midwest FurFest 2004 and 2009, and the Artist Guest of Honor at Further Confusion 2010. Vernon was the Author Guest of Honor for Mythcon 45 and a Guest of Honor at Eurofurence 20, both in August 2014. In 2017, she was the Author Guest of Honor at Arisia ’17. Vernon podcasts with her husband, Kevin Sonney.

She was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

Ursula Vernon Net Worth

Ursula Vernon is one of the richest Children's Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ursula Vernon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She started taking art classes at Macalester College and had her first work published in 2008.

She created the digital art work The Biting Pear of Salamanca.

Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning graphic novel Digger (2003–2011) and for the children’s books series Hamster Princess and Dragonbreath. Vernon is the creator of The Biting Pear of Salamanca, a digital work of art which became an internet meme in the form of the LOL WUT pear. Under the name T. Kingfisher, she is also the author of several books for older audiences. She also writes short fiction under both names. She has won awards, including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, for her work in various mediums.

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Facts & Trivia

Ursula Ranked on the list of most popular Children's Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ursula Vernon celebrates birthday on May 28 of every year.

Where does Ursula Vernon live?

About the Author Ursula Vernon is the creator of the popular Dragonbreath series, and her work has won a Hugo award. She lives, writes, draws, and lives in a castle (ok, maybe it’s more like a house) in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

How old is Ursula Vernon?

45 years (May 28, 1977)

Is T Kingfisher self published?

An illustrator and author, Vernon has written extensively for children and also writes for adults, often under the pseudonym T. Kingfisher. She is one of the field’s most prominent hybrid authors, producing work for both the small and large presses and also self-publishing through her own Red Wombat Studio.

Where was Ursula Vernon born?

Japan