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Frances Hardinge

(b.1973)

Frances Hardinge is a British author 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.

Awards: Mythopoeic (2024), BSFA (2022), LA Times (2016), Costa (2015) see all

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

New and upcoming books

September 2024

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes

Series

Fly by Night
1. Fly by Night (2005)
2. Twilight Robbery (2011)

Tales of the Apt (with John Gwynne, Joff Leader, Tom Lloyd, Juliet E McKenna, Keris McDonald, Peter Newman, Justina Robson, David Tallerman and Adrian Tchaikovsky)
4. The Scent of Tears (2018)

Novels

   Verdigris Deep (2007)
     aka Well Witched
   Gullstruck Island (2009)
     aka The Lost Conspiracy
   A Face Like Glass (2012)
   Cuckoo Song (2014)
   The Lie Tree (2015)
   A Skinful of Shadows (2017)
   Deeplight (2019)
   Unraveller (2022)
   The Island of Whispers (2023)
   The Forest of a Thousand Eyes (2024)

Books containing stories by Frances Hardinge

Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020)
In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers

The Outcast Hours (2019)
edited by
Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin

Here I Stand (2016)
Stories That Speak for Freedom

More books

Awards

	2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Young Adult Literature : Unraveller
	2022 BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Young Readers : Unraveller
	2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel : The Lie Tree
	2015 Costa Book Award for Children's Book : The Lie Tree
	2015 British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel : Cuckoo Song

Award nominations

	2024 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Unraveller
	2023 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Unraveller
	2020 YA Book Prize (nominee) : Deeplight
	2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Deeplight
	2019 Carnegie Medal (nominee) : A Skinful of Shadows
	2018 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : A Skinful of Shadows
	2018 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : A Skinful of Shadows
	2017 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : The Lie Tree
	2016 YA Book Prize (nominee) : The Lie Tree
	2016 Carnegie Medal (nominee) : The Lie Tree
	2016 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Cuckoo Song
	2015 James Herbert Award for Horror Writing (nominee) : Cuckoo Song
	2015 Carnegie Medal (nominee) : Cuckoo Song
	2014 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Cuckoo Song
	2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Gullstruck Island
	2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Fly by Night

Frances Hardinge recommends

Melmoth (2018)
Sarah Perry
"Mythic, ominous and sensitively human, Melmoth is haunting in all the best ways... including the disquieting ones."

White Rabbit, Red Wolf (2018)
Tom Pollock
"A gripping and gloriously treacherous thriller without guide ropes or safety nets. Leave all certainties by the door."

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