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Frances Hardinge


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

     aka Fly Trap

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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)
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Books containing stories by Frances Hardinge
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Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020)
In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers
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The Outcast Hours (2019)
edited by
Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
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Here I Stand (2016)
Stories That Speak for Freedom

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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
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Melmoth (2018)
Sarah Perry
"Mythic, ominous and sensitively human, Melmoth is haunting in all the best ways... including the disquieting ones."
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White Rabbit, Red Wolf (2018)
This Story Is a Lie

Tom Pollock
"A gripping and gloriously treacherous thriller without guide ropes or safety nets. Leave all certainties by the door."

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