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Hello. I’m Neil J Hart.

Wattys Awards 2021 and 2022

I grew up in Surrey, England. I spent most of my childhood dancing and acting, learning musical instruments, building vast Lego cities and domino rallies, creating board games and secret societies.

But it wasn’t until I discovered Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy books and Terry Pratchett’s life-changing Discworld novels, that I fell in love with reading and writing.

I’d been writing and querying books to agents for many years to a mixed response. Then, in 2021, my quirky young adult fantasy novel The Last Scarecrow won for Horror at the Wattpad Awards. I entered Sadie Madison and the Boy in the Crimson Scarf in 2022 and I won again, this time for Fantasy!

Since then I’ve had thousands of reads of Wattpad. Hundreds of fantastic messages from readers and writers. Even some fan art. It’s been emotional.

I’m currently working on sequels to The Last Scarecrow and Sadie Madison, and preparing a new sci-fi adventure series Harper Hale and the Crystal of Shadows which will be out on May 4th 2025!

As well as writing, I work as a graphic designer. I foster for Cats Protection (see my social media for epic #catsagram posts). Rely on coffee. Adore a perfectly made cheese and cucumber sandwich. And collect Tomb Raider / Lara Croft memorabilia.

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Book Events

2024

SAT 6 JULY Oxford Indie Book Fair
SAT 20 JULY Bracknell Book Fair
SUN 11 AUG Birmingham Book Extravaganza

SAT 5 OCT Northampton Book Extravaganza
SAT 30 NOV Glyn School Christmas Fair, Epsom
SUN 1 DEC Oxford Indie Book Fair

2025

SAT 3 MAY Indie Author Book Festival, Huntingdon
MON 5 MAY Birmingham Book Extravaganza
SAT 15 NOV Coventry Book Extravaganza

Come and meet me, talk stories, grab some swag and perhaps buy ‘The Last Scarecrow’ and ‘Sadie Madison and the Boy in the Crimson Scarf’!

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Sadie Madison 3D Cover 2024
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