Sharlene Hardin

Author · Long Beach, California

Sharlene Hardin

Author of Fairy Godmother 101, a young adult fantasy about a hidden school that trains ordinary people to deliver good luck.

Sharlene Hardin, author

About

The real magic happens behind the scenes.

Sharlene Hardin spent forty years keeping big organizations running as an IT and operations executive for studios, networks and Fortune 100 companies, including Warner Bros., Fox and Blizzard Entertainment. She has led mergers, rescued stalled projects and built teams from scratch, and she learned early that the real magic always happens behind the scenes. Fairy Godmother 101 is where she finally gets to write about it.

Her debut novel follows Gwennie and her classmates at a hidden school for fairy godmothers. Assignments there are handwritten to stay off the radar of a shadowy agency called D.A.R.K., the weather has opinions, and the angels are closer than anyone thinks. It is the first book in a series about gifts, choice and the quiet work of looking out for one another.

Adoring mother of two grown children, Brittany & Brett, a lifelong learner with a soft spot for spirituality, tarot and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sharlene volunteers with Special Olympics and Angel Flight West. She lives in Long Beach, California, where she is at work on Book Two. She also shares her art, stories and reader extras as Sharlene Louise.

Books

Fairy Godmother 101, Book One, cover

Fairy Godmother 101

Book One

Some people make wishes. She makes them happen.

A hidden academy that isn't on any map. Ordinary people training to deliver good luck. And a villain that runs the one thing everyone carries in their pocket: the feed.

October 1, 2026 · Paperback ISBN 979-8173501226 · Young adult fantasy

Events

Come say hello.

SundayOct 25

Belmont Shore Book Fair

11 AM–4 PM · Chase Bank, 5200 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA. Signed copies available.

Coming soon2027

Book signing, Orange County

Details to be announced. Join the reader list to hear first.