About
Sophie Clark writes dark & romantic fantasy featuring wounded girls with sharp edges, charming boys who fall for them anyway, corrupted gods and other unholy things. Her debut novel Cruel is the Light is coming out with Penguin UK and Penguin Australia in January 2025 and Knopf | Penguin Random House in May 2025) the sequel will be coming in May 2026.
She is represented by Josh Adams at Adams Literary
Sophie has a Masters of International Relations from the University of Melbourne, and has worked as a parliamentary advisor and for the Australian Senate. After spending a year living in Germany, she returned to Tasmania, Australia. She can often be found reading or lavishing attention on her beloved black and white border collie, Indy.
As a Pitch Wars class of ’21 alum, she was chosen to work with NYT bestseller Lauren Blackwood (The Dangerous Ones) and author Emily Thiede (This Vicious Grace)
You can find Sophie @thesophclark on Instagram and Twitter
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Art of Selene & Jules from Cruel is the Light by Mona Finden | Dagger by Sophia Lee from NounProject.com | Keys by David Alexander Slaager from NounProject.com
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