In it, she discusses writing Fly Trap, and she talks about her travels around the world seeking extreme adventures and other oddities. Frances Hardinge Childrens Book Author Greater Oxford Area 275 followers 272 connections Join to connect Self Employed University of Oxford Personal Website Report this profile Report Report. Hardinge has one of the coolest author websites I have seen in a while, which you can visit at In The Great Hall, you can find in-depth interviews with the author, see photos of her and her many bats, read her Dark Diary, and learn more about her writing history.īest of all is the video clip below. By Frances Hardinge, Cassie Layton (Read by). Hardinge studied at Oxford University and helped form a writers' group there.Īnd she has published numerous short stories, including 'Behind the Mirror' and 'Halfway House.' She does not go out without a hat, usually a black fedora, as she says she keeps her personality there. Fly Trap By Frances Hardinge, Cassie Layton (Read by) Cover Image. She is the author of several books for children, including Cuckoo Song, Fly by Night, and A Face Like Glass. As soon as I got to know Mosca, the main character in Fly Trap, I felt sure that author Frances Hardinge was a unique and unusual person whom I would like to know better.Īfter a bit of research, I learned that she grew up in Kent, in the South of England, 'in a huge, isolated old house in a small, strange village,' and began writing stories about magic when she was very young. Frances Hardinge is the winner of the 2015 Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree, one of just two young adult novels to win this major UK literary prize.

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