Yes... Brandon Sanderson technically falls into the category of hard fantasy. As a further example.
He probably does qualify, especially with the Mistborn metal magic stuff, but in terms of tone, he's worlds apart from Lady Trent novels.
The 9 volume Temeraire series by Naomi Novik--which has got a mention, I see--also falls into hard fantasy, or gunpowder fantasy. Again, dragons, and napoleonic alternate fantasy, with lots of warfare and technical stuff. Different from both Trent and Sanderson. Normally not my thing at all but I enjoyed the series very much, despite various flaws.
I've heard people put Mieville in the hard fantasy category, but probably best to leave him in the lit fa bucket. He's rather weird for starters, and we've hardly got anything in there as it is ;-)
He probably does qualify, especially with the Mistborn metal magic stuff, but in terms of tone, he's worlds apart from Lady Trent novels.
The 9 volume Temeraire series by Naomi Novik--which has got a mention, I see--also falls into hard fantasy, or gunpowder fantasy. Again, dragons, and napoleonic alternate fantasy, with lots of warfare and technical stuff. Different from both Trent and Sanderson. Normally not my thing at all but I enjoyed the series very much, despite various flaws.
I've heard people put Mieville in the hard fantasy category, but probably best to leave him in the lit fa bucket. He's rather weird for starters, and we've hardly got anything in there as it is ;-)