Caroline Hardaker (born 1986) is an English poet and novelist. She was born in

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, and currently lives in

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. Hardaker has published two collections of her poems, ''Bone Ovation'' (2017) and ''Little Quakes Every Day'' (2017), described by

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as exploring "the permanence of Time, of bones, of the past within a fleece of transmutations". She has also published two science fiction/horror novels, '' Composite Creatures'' (2021), set in a near future damaged by

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, and ''

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'' (2023), about loneliness, grief and escape to the

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. ''Composite Creatures'' was shortlisted for the 2022 Kitschies Award for Best Debut Novel. 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 ''

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''.

Bibliography

Novels

*'' Composite Creatures'' (

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, 2021) – shortlisted for the 2022 Kitschies Award for Best Debut Novel *''

'' (Angry Robot, 2023)

Poetry collections

*''Bone Ovation'' (Valley Press, 2017) *''Little Quakes Every Day'' (Valley Press, 2017)

References

External links

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Caroline Hardaker
at FantasticFiction {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardaker, Caroline 1986 births Living people English science fiction writers English horror writers English women poets English women novelists 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English poets Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne Date of birth missing (living people)