Frances Hardinge
| Frances Hardinge | |
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| Born |
1973 Kent |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English British |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards |
Branford Boase Award 2006 Fly By Night |
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Frances Hardinge (born 1973)[1] is a British children's writer. She is best known for her debut novel Fly By Night which in 2006 won the Branford Boase Award and was listed as one of the School Library Journal Best Books.[2][3][4] She has also been shortlisted and achieved a number of other awards for both her novels as well as some of her short stories.[2] Hardinge is often seen wearing a black hat and enjoys dressing in old-fashioned clothing.[1][5]
Biography
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.[1][5]
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.[1][5] Twilight Robbery is a sequel to Fly by Night, featuring again the young heroine Mosca Mye, her pet goose Saracen, and Eponymous Clent, a conman.
Awards and honors
- 2006: Branford Boase Award, winner, Fly by Night[6]
- 2011: Guardian Award, short-list, Twilight Robbery
- 2012: Kitschies, short-list, A Face Like Glass
- 2015: Carnegie Medal, short-list, Cuckoo Song
Publications
Novels
Hardinge's first six novels were all published in the UK by Macmillan Children's Books.[7]
- Fly By Night (2005)
- Verdigris Deep (2007); also published in the US as Well Witched
- Gullstruck Island (2009); US title, The Lost Conspiracy
- Twilight Robbery (2011); US title, Fly Trap – sequel to Fly by Night
- A Face Like Glass (2012)
- Cuckoo Song (2014)
While Fly By Night was being finalised for publication, Hardinge signed a deal with Macmillan Publishers to produce three further novels.[1]
Short fiction
Hardinge has written several short stories published in magazines and anthologies.[7][8]
- "Shining Man", The Dream Zone 8 (Jan 2001)
- "Communion", Wordplay 1 (Spring 2002)
- "Captive Audience", Piffle 7 (Oct 2002)
- "Bengal Rose", Scribble 20 (Spring 2003)
- "Black Grass", All Hallows 43 (Summer 2007)
- "Halfway House", Alchemy 3 (Jan 2006)
- "Behind The Mirror", serialised in First News (2007)
- "Payment Due", in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Random House, 2012)
- "Flawless", in Twisted Winter, ed. Catherine Butler (Black, 2013)
- "Hayfever", Subterranean, Winter 2014 (Dec 2013)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Frances Hardinge Biography". Kidzworld. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Library: Awards and Prizes". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ↑ "Branford Boase Award 2006". The Branford Boase Award. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ↑ Jones, Trevelyn; Toth, Luann; Charnizon, Marlene; Grabarek, Daryl; Fleishhacker, Joy (2006-12-01). "Best Books 2006". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Frances' Biography". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ↑ http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/branfordboaseawd.html
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Frances Hardinge – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-10-18. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
- ↑ "The Library: Short Stories". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
External links
- Official website
- Fly by Night, Blog by Day — Tour blog
- Frances Hardinge at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Frances Hardinge at Library of Congress Authorities, with 4 catalogue records
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