About Sophia
Past, Present, and Future
Sophia Payne is a freelance children’s author, represented by Alice Williams of the Alice Williams Literary Agency.
For all writing enquiries, please contact Alice here.
Sophia’s debut picture book Faruq and the Wiri Wiri will be published by Templar on 16th March ‘23. Faruq is available to preorder on Bookshop.org
Sophia also writes for the Rising Stars Reading Planet scheme, and her second picture book will be published by Walker - details coming soon.
writing Experience
clients and projects
Whilst Sophia is currently only writing children’s books, she has previously written full-length feature articles for Doctor Who Magazine, Green Parent and Natural Health, as well as online articles for various websites.
Media services
previous experience
Sophia is experienced in public speaking and has done numerous interviews on the topic of depression and self-harm. These include: -
Live television - This Morning, BBC Breakfast News (BBC2), Channel 5 news.
Live radio - Today (BBC Radio 4), Newsbeat (BBC Radio 1), BBC Radio 5, BBC Asian Network.
In print - BBC3 News, The Observer newspaper, Style magazine (Sunday Times) Woman magazine, Bizarre magazine, Woman's Own, The Sun.
Sophia is not actively searching for media opportunities, but is happy to be approached for interviews on this specific topic due to her extensive experience.
Education
Open University
B.A. (HONOURS) OPEN DEGREE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE WRITING.
Graduated July 2012