Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Orphanage of Gods | 2019 | Buy |
| The Witchling’s Girl | 2021 | Buy |
The War of Angels Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Catalyst | 2015 | Buy |
| The Catalyst: Book One in the heart-stopping Wars of Angels duology | 2015 | N/A |
| The Reaction | 2016 | Buy |
Helena Coggan is a British fantasy writer who made her publishing debut at an unusually young age. She began writing The Catalyst at 13 and published it at 15 through Hodder and Stoughton, making her one of the youngest traditionally published novelists in the UK. The book launched The War of Angels duology, a dystopian series set in a world where people are divided by whether they possess magical abilities.
After completing The War of Angels with The Reaction (2016), Coggan moved on to standalone fantasy novels. The Orphanage of Gods (2019) is set in a world where gods have been defeated and their children are imprisoned, while The Witchling’s Girl (2021) follows a healer’s apprentice in a society controlled by the undead. Both books show Coggan building more complex worlds and exploring darker themes than her debut.
Coggan studied English at the University of Oxford and has been recognized as a rising voice in British genre fiction. Her books tend to center on young protagonists forced to navigate dangerous systems of power, with a focus on moral ambiguity and political control.