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Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''{{Verdigris Deep}}'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014), ''Literature/TheLieTree'' (2015), ''A Skinful of Shadows'' (2017), and ''Literature/{{Deeplight}}'' (2019).

%% * SwansASwimming: Saracen again.

** The town of Toll in ''Twilight Robbery'' takes the prejudice UpToEleven, as residents with either unsavoury or just less than stellar Beloveds as patrons not only live and work as second-class citizens, but are not permitted to ''exist'' during daylight hours, and must hide themselves indoors until night.

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''{{Verdigris Deep}}'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014), ''Literature/TheLieTree'' (2015), ''A Skinful of Shadows'' (2017), and ''Deeplight'' (2019).

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''{{Verdigris Deep}}'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014), ''The Lie Tree'' (2015), ''A Skinful of Shadows'' (2017), and ''Deeplight'' (2019).

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''{{Verdigris Deep}}'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014), ''The Lie Tree'' (2015), and ''A Skinful of Shadows'' (2017).

* FemaleMisogynist: Faith's FatalFlaw in ''The Lie Tree'' is that while she does at least consciously see the folly of misogyny, she sees herself as an exception to [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses the foolishness and vapidity of other women]] because of the environment in which she grew up in. It sends her on quite a few false leads [[spoiler:and completely blinds her to the real villain, Agatha, until it's almost too late.]] Near the end of the book, she's practically kicking herself for falling into the same prejudices that she's been exploiting the whole story.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Quite a few people through ''Fly by Night'' assume that Mosca and Clent are together. As in, not platonically. May be historically appropriate, but still, ew.

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''{{Verdigris Deep}}'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.

** This, however, has nothing on one of the scenes in ''A Skinful of Shadows'' - namely, in chapter 19.[[spoiler: "She was being held up, so that it was easier for ghosts to get in"]] and everything that follows. ''Jesus''. It doesn't help at all that [[spoiler: almost all of the ghosts]] are explicitly stated to be of men.

** This, however, has nothing on one of the scenes in ''A Skinful of Shadows'' - namely, in chapter 19.[[spoiler: "She was being held up, so that it was easier for ghosts to let in"]] and everything that follows. ''Jesus''. It doesn't help at all that [[spoiler: almost all of the ghosts]] are explicitly stated to be of men.

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Fly By Night]]''. It was subsequently followed by ''Verdigris Deep'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''[[Literature/FlyByNightSeries Twilight Robbery]]'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.

Frances Hardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''Fly By Night''. It was subsequently followed by ''Verdigris Deep'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''Twilight Robbery'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.

* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Saracen's not a duck, but he certainly fits the [[IncrediblyLamePun bill]] of the trope.

FantasticRacism: A unique case is presented in ''Fly By Night'', as it has nothing to do with races. When a child is born, they are given a MeaningfulName in honour of whatever Beloved (saint) is sacred to that day or hour. However, many Beloveds are considered superior to others, and people named for them are usually deemed more blessed for it.

%% * SwansASwimming: Saracen again.

!!Tropes in FrancesHardinge's Works Include:

FrancesHardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''Fly By Night''. It was subsequently followed by ''Verdigris Deep'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''Twilight Robbery'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.

!!Tropes in FrancesHardinge's Works Include:
* ActionGirl: Laylow in ''Twilight Robbery''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The list of Clent's crimes in ''Fly Trap'' comes off as an elongated version.
--> Eponymous Clent- Wanted for thirty-nine cases of fraud, counterfeiting, selling, and circulating lewd and unlicensed literature, claiming to be the impecunious son of a duke, impersonating a magistrate, impersonating a horse doctor, breach of promise, forty-seven moonlit flits without payment of debts, robbing shrines, fleeing from justice, stealing pies from windows and small furniture from inns, fabricating the Great Palthrop Horse Plague for purposes of profit, operating a hurdy-gurdy without a license.
* BeneathTheEarth: Caverna is of the urban variety in ''A Face Like Glass''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A lot of people in both ''Gullstruck Island'' and ''Fly By Night''. The {{backstory}} of the Lady Tamarind is especially a TearJerker.
* {{Doorstopper}}: Four of the five books so far published are over two and a half inches thick, these being ''Fly by Night'', ''Gullstruck Island'', ''Twilight Robbery'', and ''A Face Like Glass''.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At the beginning of ''Fly Trap'', when Mosca goes to a remote barn with some stranger in order to ''read'' for him and his friends [[spoiler: and promptly gets abducted, taken out of town and forced to do some things she's not so crazy about]], the whole situation reads like... something else. The narration doesn't help:
--> ''She would charge this man and his friends too much, of course, but how much was too much? How much would cause them to walk away in disgust instead of haggling?''
%% * FeatheredFiend: Saracen, of type A.
* GambitPileup: She seems to be fond of this trope. As an example, there are no fewer than five different factions, with a minimum of five different plots, though Fly by Night - and that's not even counting the two main characters. Or the goose.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Common in Hardinge's writing, especially ''The Lost Conspiracy''.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Quite a few people through ''Fly by Night'' assume that Mosca and Clent are together. As in, not platonically. May be historically appropriate, but still, ew.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: In ''The Lost Conspiracy''. The main characters especially seem to think that any old pigeons can be used to send messages, although this confusion is justified; they never actually use pigeons to send messages.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Pick any novel of short story by her, and there'll be one.
* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Eagles mentioned on the coast of the Lace.
* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Saracen's not a duck, but he certainly fits the [[IncrediblyLamePun bill]] of the trope.
* ShoutOut[=/=]GeniusBonus: In ''Fly Trap'', Mosca learns that her Beloved (the god, in whose hour she was born) is considered a negative character, her Beloved Palpitattle being the emperor of flies. You know whose name translates to "Lord of Flies"? Beelzebub.
* StylisticSuck: Mosca may be starving for words, but she's still a terrible writer, as her letter to Lady Tamarind proves.
%% * SwansASwimming: Saracen again.
FrancesHardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''Fly By Night''. It was subsequently followed by ''Verdigris Deep'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''Twilight Robbery'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.

!!Tropes in FrancesHardinge's Works Include:
* ActionGirl: Laylow in ''Twilight Robbery''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The list of Clent's crimes in ''Fly Trap'' comes off as an elongated version.
--> Eponymous Clent- Wanted for thirty-nine cases of fraud, counterfeiting, selling, and circulating lewd and unlicensed literature, claiming to be the impecunious son of a duke, impersonating a magistrate, impersonating a horse doctor, breach of promise, forty-seven moonlit flits without payment of debts, robbing shrines, fleeing from justice, stealing pies from windows and small furniture from inns, fabricating the Great Palthrop Horse Plague for purposes of profit, operating a hurdy-gurdy without a license.
* BeneathTheEarth: Caverna is of the urban variety in ''A Face Like Glass''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A lot of people in both ''Gullstruck Island'' and ''Fly By Night''. The {{backstory}} of the Lady Tamarind is especially a TearJerker.
* {{Doorstopper}}: Four of the five books so far published are over two and a half inches thick, these being ''Fly by Night'', ''Gullstruck Island'', ''Twilight Robbery'', and ''A Face Like Glass''.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At the beginning of ''Fly Trap'', when Mosca goes to a remote barn with some stranger in order to ''read'' for him and his friends [[spoiler: and promptly gets abducted, taken out of town and forced to do some things she's not so crazy about]], the whole situation reads like... something else. The narration doesn't help:
--> ''She would charge this man and his friends too much, of course, but how much was too much? How much would cause them to walk away in disgust instead of haggling?''
%% * FeatheredFiend: Saracen, of type A.
* GambitPileup: She seems to be fond of this trope. As an example, there are no fewer than five different factions, with a minimum of five different plots, though Fly by Night - and that's not even counting the two main characters. Or the goose.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Common in Hardinge's writing, especially ''The Lost Conspiracy''.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Quite a few people through ''Fly by Night'' assume that Mosca and Clent are together. As in, not platonically. May be historically appropriate, but still, ew.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: In ''The Lost Conspiracy''. The main characters especially seem to think that any old pigeons can be used to send messages, although this confusion is justified; they never actually use pigeons to send messages.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Pick any novel of short story by her, and there'll be one.
* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Eagles mentioned on the coast of the Lace.
* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Saracen's not a duck, but he certainly fits the [[IncrediblyLamePun bill]] of the trope.
* ShoutOut[=/=]GeniusBonus: In ''Fly Trap'', Mosca learns that her Beloved (the god, in whose hour she was born) is considered a negative character, her Beloved Palpitattle being the emperor of flies. You know whose name translates to "Lord of Flies"? Beelzebub.
* StylisticSuck: Mosca may be starving for words, but she's still a terrible writer, as her letter to Lady Tamarind proves.
%% * SwansASwimming: Saracen again.

FrancesHardinge is a British writer who debuted with critically acclaimed ''Fly By Night''. It was subsequently followed by ''Verdigris Deep'' (''Well-Witched'' in America), ''Gullstruck Island'' (''The Lost Conspiracy''), her debut novel's sequel, ''Twilight Robbery'' (''Fly Trap''), ''Literature/AFaceLikeGlass'', and ''Literature/CuckooSong'' (2014). Her seventh novel, ''The Lie Tree'', is scheduled to be released on May 7, 2015 and is said to concern a girl in Victorian England investigating the death of her father.