Caroline Hardaker
Born1986
North East England
Occupation
NationalityBritish
Period2015–present
Genre
Website
carolinehardakerwrites.com

Caroline Hardaker (1986) is an English poet and novelist.[1][2] She was born in North East England, and currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.[3][1] Hardaker has published two collections of her poems, Bone Ovation (2017) and Little Quakes Every Day (2017), described by John Clute as exploring "the permanence of Time, of bones, of the past within a fleece of transmutations".[2] She has also published two science fiction/horror novels, Composite Creatures (2021), set in a near future damaged by climate change,[2] and Mothtown (2023), about loneliness, grief and escape to the multiverse.[4]

Composite Creatures was shortlisted for the 2022 Kitschies Award for Best Debut Novel.[5] It was also selected by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar as one of the best science fiction, fantasy and horror books of 2021 for The Washington Post.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Poetry collections

  • Bone Ovation (Valley Press, 2017)[9]
  • Little Quakes Every Day (Valley Press, 2017)[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Composite Creatures | Hardaker, Caroline, 1986–". Hennepin County Library. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Clute, John (20 November 2023). "Hardaker, Caroline". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Caroline Hardaker". Literary Hub. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Lake, Evie (30 October 2023). "'I never intend to write horror': Newcastle author Caroline Hardaker publishes haunting new novel". Newcastle World. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "The Kitschies 2022". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Moreno-Garcia, Silvia; Tidhar, Lavie (18 November 2021). "Best science fiction, fantasy and horror of 2021". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Composite Creatures". Publishers Weekly. 7 December 2020. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Mothtown". Publishers Weekly. 25 August 2023. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Golden Jubilee Event – Environmentalism in SFFH". British Fantasy Society. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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