About Stephanie Hardy

I’m a writer with a lifelong love of reading and storytelling. I write (primarily but not exclusively) diverse, dystopian SFF YA. In 2025, I completed a MA in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham.

I’m particularly interested in inclusion, identity, and the ways personal perspective shapes the stories we tell. I believes fiction can build empathy and spark conversation, and I hope my work will contribute, in its own small way, to understanding and progress.

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Writing Achievements :

Longlisted in Farnham’s First Five Pages Writing Competition in 2026

Longlisted in Retreat West First Chapter Competition in 2025