Isabella Harcourt author page

Isabella Harcourt biography

Isabella Harcourt is a children’s author and the creator of the Flora Stormer adventure series for Orchard Books (Hachette Children’s Group). Before becoming an author she worked in children’s publishing. Harcourt was a finalist in the Penguin Random House/Daily Mail First Novel Competition in 2018 and has mentored for the Society of Young Publishers.

She is represented by Hannah Schofield at LBA Books. Harcourt’s fiction features Flora, a talented young artist with Tourette’s syndrome, and blends quest narratives with clear, plot-driven storytelling for middle-grade readers.

Her debut, Flora Stormer and the Golden Lotus (Orchard Books, 11 April 2024; ISBN 9781408370018), illustrated by Hannah McCaffery, introduces Flora’s rainforest quest for a legendary healing flower. The sequel, Flora Stormer and the Mystic Pearl (Orchard Books, 10 October 2024; ISBN 9781408370049), continues the series with an Arctic adventure.

Flora Stormer and the Mystic Pearl was published by Orchard Books on 10 October 2024 (ISBN 9781408370049).