I have only read one of Hardinge's books so far, though I really want to read more. She was great on the panels I saw her on, and also very nice when I spoke to her briefly at the start of the panel on Moomins (we got swapped into a bigger room, and as I came in she was sitting between people I knew with a free seat directly behind her which I headed for, and everyone suddenly spotted and commented on my Little My t-shirt, including her, so I said hello and mentioned that we had friends in common and she very kindly contributed a piece for our alumni newsletter a while ago).