JANICE HARDY is the award-winning author of the teen fantasy trilogy The Healing Wars, including The Shifter, Blue Fire, and  Darkfall from Balzer+Bray/Harper Collins. The Shifter was chosen for the 2014 list of “Ten Books All Young Georgians Should Read” from the Georgia Center for the Book. It was also shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (2011), and The Truman Award (2011). 

She also writes the Grace Harper urban fantasy series (Starting with Blood Ties) for adults under the name, J.T. Hardy, and is currently working on science fiction detective series (also for adults). 

When she is not writing fiction, she runs the popular writing site Fiction University, and has written eight books on writing, including Understanding Show, Don’t Tell (And Really Getting It), Plotting Your Novel: Ideas and Structure, and the Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft series.

She also speaks and teaches at writing conferences across the country.  Currently, she lives in Central Florida with her husband, two cats, and way too many books.