Lucie McKnight Hardy

Lucie McKnight Hardy’s stories have featured in various publications, including Best British Short Stories 2019, Black Static, The Lonely Crowd, The New Abject and as a limited edition chapbook from Nightjar Press. Her debut novel, Water Shall Refuse Them, was shortlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition 2017 and longlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award 2018. Her short story collection, Dead Relatives, will be published by Dead Ink Books in late 2021.

Lucie grew up in West Wales and is a Welsh speaker. She has also lived in Liverpool, Cardiff, Zurich and Bradford, and has now settled in the far eastern reaches of Herefordshire, at the foot of the Malvern Hills, where she lives with her husband, three children and other assorted creatures.

She has worked in the advertising, public relations and marketing industries, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University.

More information at www.lmcknighthardy.com