Frances Hardinge


Frances Hardinge is a British children's writer. Her debut novel, Fly by Night, won the 2006 Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the School Library Journal Best Books. She has also been shortlisted for and received a number of other awards for her novels and short stories.
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Early life and education

Hardinge was born in 1973 in Brighton, England, and dreamed of writing at the age of four. She studied English at Somerville College, Oxford and was the founder member of a writers' workshop there.

Career

Her writing career started after she won a short story magazine competition. Shortly after winning she wrote her debut novel, Fly by Night, in her spare time and showed it to Macmillan Publishers after pressure from a friend. It was published in 2005, and was listed as one of the School Library Journal Best Books and won the Branford Boase Award.
Her 2015 novel The Lie Tree won the 2015 Costa Book Award Book of the Year, the only children's book to do so besides Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass in 2001.
Hardinge was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.

Personal life

Hardinge is often seen wearing a black hat and enjoys dressing in old-fashioned clothing.

Works

Novels

Fly by Night Verdigris Deep ; US title, Well WitchedGullstruck Island ; US title, The Lost ConspiracyTwilight Robbery ; US title, Fly Trap – sequel to Fly by NightA Face Like Glass Cuckoo Song The Lie Tree A Skinful of Shadows Deeplight

Short fiction

Hardinge has written several short stories published in magazines and anthologies, as well as two that were published as standalone books.