[4] Previously known by her maiden name Stacey Bartlett, in November 2017, Zaffre (a Bonnier Books imprint) won a nine-way auction to publish Halls' official debut novel The Familiars in February 2019.
[12] Initially set to reunite with Zaffre for her Georgian London-set sophomore novel,[13] The Foundling became the inaugural publication of Manilla Press, a new Bonnier Books imprint launched in February 2020.
[16][17] Shortly after reaching 500 thousand sales between her first two novels,[18] Halls' third Mrs England was published in 2021 and opened at #4 on The Sunday Times bestseller list.
[10] The Stacey Halls bursary, which gives aspiring working class northern writers access to Arvon Foundation writing courses, was established in 2023.
[23] In 2024, Halls reunited with Manilla Press for her fourth novel The Household,[24] based on the true story of Charles Dickens and Angela Burdett-Coutts' Urania Cottage for homeless women.