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.
Picture Books
clients
Templar, Walker, Collins Big Cat, Hodder Education
awards
Faruq and the Wiri Wiri (Sandhya Prabhat, Templar, 2023)
- winner of the WriteMentor Children’s Picture Book award, 2020
- shortlisted for the IBC Award, 2024
- longlisted for the UKLA Book Award, 2024
projects
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