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Early Man
One of my favourite things about school holidays is that I get to take my kid, the Rocket, to the movies. Sure, I could take her all those other weeks of the year, but film distributors only release movies when they get the most viewers, and for kids films, that means school holidays. It is…
I’m Fiona, and I’m a writer of crime fiction and contemporary kids fiction, along with other works such as book reviews, children’s educational readers, and essay-length text messages to my friends.
If you are interested in hiring me to speak, my booking agent is Booked Out.
If you want to speak to my agent (for rights questions, or because you want to want to make one/all of my books immediately into a movie), my agents are Danielle Binks and Jacinta DiMase. If it helps, I’ve already written my Best Screenplay Oscars speech.
Works
Books for Adults
- Unbury the Dead (Affirm Press, March 2025)
Books for Kids
- The Blackout (Forthcoming, Cengage Novastar, 2025)
- The Best Seats in the House (Forthcoming, Cengage Novastar, 2025)
- The Prank Sisters (Cengage Novastar, 2024)
- How to Tackle Your Dreams (Affirm Press, 2022)
- How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life (Affirm Press, 2020)
- How to Make a Movie in 12 Days, (Affirm Press, 2019)
Other Work
- Route 109: Box Hill to Port Melbourne (A Tramlines podcast produced by Melbourne City of Literature)
- Green Thumbs (winner of the 2024 Scarlet Stiletto HQ Fiction Award for Best Thriller — which you can find in the Sixteenth Cut at this link)
- City of Whitehorse (Reading Victoria)
Fiona Hardy 