Frances Hardinge

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Frances Hardinge
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Brighton, East Sussex, England
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Genre Young adult fiction
Notable works
Notable awards
Website
www.franceshardinge.com

Frances Hardinge (born 1973) 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 both her novels as well as some of her 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. [1] [2]

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. [1] [2] It was published in 2005, and was listed as one of the School Library Journal Best Books and won the Branford Boase Award. [3] [4] [5] 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. [6]

Personal life

Hardinge is often seen wearing a black hat and enjoys dressing in old-fashioned clothing. [1] [2]

Awards and honours

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2006 Fly by Night Branford Boase Award —Won
2011 Twilight Robbery Guardian Children's Fiction Prize —Shortlisted
2012 A Face Like Glass Kitschies Red Tentacle Shortlisted
2015 Cuckoo Song British Fantasy Award Robert Holdstock Award Won [7]
Carnegie Medal —Shortlisted
The Lie Tree Costa Book Awards Book of the YearWon [8] [9]
Children's Won [10] [11]
2016 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award FictionWon [12]
Carnegie Medal —Shortlisted
2021 Honkaku Mystery of the Decade Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade – 2010sShortlisted

Works

Novels

Short fiction

Hardinge has written several short stories published in magazines and anthologies. [22] [23]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Frances' Biography". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  3. ↑ "The Library: Awards and Prizes". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Branford Boase Award 2006". The Branford Boase Award. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  5. ↑ Jones, Trevelyn; Toth, Luann; Charnizon, Marlene; Grabarek, Daryl; Fleishhacker, Joy (1 December 2006). "Best Books 2006". School Library Journal . Archived from the original on 8 June 2008.
  6. ↑ Brown, Mark (26 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "sfadb : Frances Hardinge Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "2015 Book of the Year" (PDF). The Costa Book Awards. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Rustin, Susanna (27 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge: 'To be following in the footsteps of Philip Pullman is pretty amazing'". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "2015 Costa Category Award Winners" (PDF). Costa Coffee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Drabble, Emily (4 January 2016). "Frances Hardinge scoops the Costa children's book award 2015 with The Lie Tree". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Lie Tree: Author Frances Hardinge's 2016 BGHB Fiction Award Speech". The Horn Book. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Scribbler, Secret (7 July 2016). "review". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  14. ↑ Romano, Aja (24 April 2020). "Now is the perfect time to discover children's fantasy author Frances Hardinge". Vox. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "review". the Guardian. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge – review". the Guardian. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  17. ↑ Womack, Philip (23 September 2017). "A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge review – darkly splendid mystery". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  18. ↑ Williams, Imogen Russell (30 October 2019). "Deeplight by Frances Hardinge review – a rich and strange island adventure". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  19. ↑ "'My books are strange in quite different ways from each other'". The Bookseller (in Breton). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  20. ↑ Bearn, Emily (21 September 2023). "Come, children, and meet the souls of the dead". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  21. ↑ Ingall, Marjorie (5 December 2024). "Book Review: 'Island of Whispers,' by Frances Hardinge". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  22. ↑ "Frances Hardinge – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  23. ↑ "The Library: Short Stories". Frances Hardinge's Dark Tower. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
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