MK Hardy is the pen name for two geeky women living and writing together in Scotland.
Their debut Sapphic Historical Gothic novel, The Needfire, released in the UK in July 2025 from Solaris. Buy it here.
They also have two books out in Summer 2026 – Splasher (Penguin, under the name Billie Host), and The Haunting of Avis Lovelock (Solaris).
They were mentees in the Pitch Wars 2020-21 programme, and mentors for Queery Fest 2022.
They are organisers and facilitators for Scotland’s Cymera Festival.
They are represented by John Baker at Bell Lomax Moreton.