Winner Richard and Judy Best Kids’ Books 2007 12+
Winner of the Manchester Children’s Book Award 2008
Winner of the Bolton Children’s Book Award
Winner of the RHCBA 2007 12+
Winner of the Grampian Children’s Book Award 2008
Winner of the John Lewis Solihull Book Award 2008
Winner of the 2008 Sakura Medal Award given by the International School Libraries of Japan
Winner of the Lewisham Children’s Book Award
Winner of the Leeds Book Award 2009 age 11-14 category
Shortlisted for the Berkshire Book Award 2008
Shortlisted for the Grampian Children’s Book Award 2010
Winner of the Spellbinding Award 2009 (Cumbria Schools Library Service)
Winner of the Lancashire Children’s Book Award 2009
Overall winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award 2009
Winner of the Portsmouth Book Award 2009 (Longer Novel section)
Winner of the Staffordshire Children’s Book Award 2009
Shortlisted for Birmingham’s Key Stage Three Book Award
Winner of the North East Teenage Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for The Concorde Book Award 2010 (South Gloucester libraries)
Shortlisted for the Manchester Children’s Book Award 2010
Winner of the Southern Schools Book Award 2010
Winner of the Warwickshire Book Award 2010
Winner of the RED Book Award 2010
Winner of the Manchester Children’s Book Award 2009
Winner of the Yorkshire Coast Book Award 2011
Winner of the North East Book Award for y7/8 students 2010
Shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for the Berkshire Book Award 2009
Sophie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives with her teenage son. She has worked as a journalist and a magazine editor, but fell in love with writing after being made redundant and enrolling in a creative writing course. She burst into the publishing world with Girl, Missing her debut novel (published 2006), which tallied up numerous award wins nationwide, including the Richard and Judy Best Kids’ Books 2007 (12+ category), The Red House Book Award and The Manchester Children’s Book Award. She was also longlisted for the Branford Boase award, which commends debut authors, and the coveted Carnegie Medal.
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