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Frances Hardinge

Frances Hardinge

Frances Hardinge is a British author born in the year of 1973 best known for her novel Fly By Night which in 2006 won the Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the School Library Journal's Best Books. She has also been shortlisted and achieved a number of other awards for both her novels as well as some of her short stories. Hardinge is often seen wearing a black hat and enjoys dressing in old fashioned clothing.

Frances Hardinge was born and grew up in Kent, England and dreamed of writing at the age of four. She studied English at Oxford University and was the founder member of a writers' workshop there.

Her writing career started after she won a short story magazine competition. Shortly after winning she wrote Fly By Night in her spare time and showed it to Macmillan Publishers after pressure from a friend.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Fly By Night (2005)
  • Verdigris Deep (2007)
  • Gullstruck Island (2009)

While Fly By Night was being finalised for publication, Hardinge signed a deal with Macmillan Publishers to produce three further novels.

Short Stories

Hardinge has written a number of short stories for magazines:

  • Shining Man (In The Dream Zone, 2001)
  • Communion (In 'Wordplay Vol. 1, 2002)
  • Captive Audience (In Piffle Issue 7, 2002)
  • Bengal Rose (In Scribble No. 20, 2003)
  • Black Grass (In All Hallows, 2005)
  • Halfway House (In Alchemy, 2006)
  • Behind The Mirror (Serialised in First News, 2007)

 

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