Sofie Laguna
Sofie Laguna has written four novels for adults which have won numerous literary awards including the Miles Franklin Award, the Colin Roderick Award and the Indie Award. Titles include The Eye of the Sheep, The Choke and Infinite Splendours. She has also been shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Award, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, and longlisted twice for the Dublin IMPAC International Literary Award.
Sofie’s many books for children have been published in the US and the UK and in translation in Europe and Asia, and been named Honour and Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Titles include: Our Australian Girl: The Grace Stories, Too Loud Lily (enjoying its 21-year anniversary edition), and more recently, The Song of Lewis Carmichael, and The Glow, as well as the picture books, The House on Pleasant Street, and A Friend for Ruby, all illustrated by her husband, Marc McBride.
Sofie’s next picture book for children, The Last Egg, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, was published in June 2025, and her latest novel for adults, The Underworld, will be published in October 2025.