Paul E. Hardisty

Paul E Hardisty is a full-time writer. He has worked all over the world as an environmental scientist and freelance journalist, including in some of the world's most dangerous places, including Yemen, Ethiopia, and most recently Ukraine, which he visited in 2022, 2024, and 2025 working on a new book about the war. His latest novels THE FORCING (short-listed for the Crime Fiction Lovers’ 2023 Awards) and its follow-up THE DESCENT (2024), and THE HOPE (2026) consider a near future impacted by climate change. His first novel, THE ABRUPT PHYSICS OF DYING (2015) was short-listed for the CWA Creasy New Blood Dagger and was a Telegraph Book of the Year. IN HOT WATER: Inside the Battle to Save the Great Barrier Reef, was shortlisted for the 2025 WA Preier's Award for Non-fiction. Paul is a keen outdoorsman, a conservation volunteer, and lives in Western Australia. Follow him on Substack and Instagram.