Biography · 150 words

Coral Hart wrote 216 novels across 21 pen names in 15 years and got death threats from 10,000 strangers for admitting how. The bestselling romance novelist and founder of PlotProse is now one of publishing’s most-quoted voices on AI — featured in The New York Times, NPR’s 1A, Brave New Bookshelf, and Writing With AI — not because she apologises for the tools but because she doesn’t.

She has taught more than 1,600 authors her craft-first methodology, The Coral Method, through her flagship Launchpad mentorship: one month, blank page to three published books. She wrote 96 novels the traditional way before picking up Claude. An Imbali Award winner and former Vice Chairperson of the Romance Writers of Southern Africa.

Selected press

• The New York Times — Feature, Feb 2026: “Can AI Chatbots Write Emotionally Rich Romance Books?”
• NPR’s 1A / WAMU — national panel on AI in publishing, April 2026
• Brave New Bookshelf — Episodes 49 & 64, April 2026
• Writing With AI Podcast — with Fred Graver, April 2026
• Also — Indie Author Magazine, PublishDrive, Gizmodo, Futurism, Cornell Daily Sun, Jane Friedman