Sophia Bennett

Sophia Bennett (born 1966) is a British children's writer, author of several novels for young adults. Her debut novel Threads, won the Times/Chicken House competition in 2009[1], and in 2017 'Love Song' won the Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year.[2] Her books have been published around the world.[3][4]

For the American architect, later Bennett, see Sophia Hayden.

Biography

Bennett was born in Yorkshire and educated at London University. She has a PhD in Modern Italian Literature from Cambridge University.[5] She is an occasional visiting lecturer in writing for children and young adults at City Lit and City University in London and a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.[6] She lives in South London.

Bibliography

Novels
gollark: The chest is beside the turtle, yes? As they are adjacent there is one direction (north, south, west, east, up or down), which would take you from the position of the chest to that of the turtle if you were to walk that way. You can pull items from the turtle by using that direction as the from argument.
gollark: Yes, ish.
gollark: ... no.
gollark: The direction of the internal inventory is the physical direction of the chest to the turtle.
gollark: If the chest is adjacent to your turtle then one of those directions will be the right one though I don't think you can conveniently determine which.

References
  1. "Interview: Sophia Bennett, the winner of the 2009 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  2. "Sophia Bennett's Love Song wins The Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year 2017 | News | The Romantic Novelists' Association". www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  3. Books, Chicken House. "Chicken House Books website". www.chickenhousebooks.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  4. Books, Chicken House. "Chicken House Books website". www.chickenhousebooks.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  5. "Childrens Fiction Workshop". www.city.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  6. "The Royal Literary Fund". The Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  7. "Interview: Sophia Bennett, the winner of the 2009 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  8. "Sophia Bennett - The Booktrust Best Book Awards". The Booktrust Best Book Awards. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  9. "Schoolchildren choose the top stories of the year". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
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