An award-winning British writer, Sophie Neville has a degree in anthropology and a background in TV production. After producing an INSET series and writing her own docu-dramas for BBC TV, she set up wildlife films in southern Africa. “My family moved to Tanganyika in 1919. After appearing in movies as a girl, I began working for the BBC on flagship dramas such as ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘EastEnders’, but directed my first documentary for Channel 4 whilst driving from London to Johannesburg.”

After setting up wildlife films in Botswana, Namibia and the Cape, Sophie began collecting amusing true life stories. Returning to the UK in 2004, she wrote feature articles, made contributions to seven non-fiction books and brought out three memoirs: ‘Funnily Enough’, ‘Ride the Wings of Morning’ and ‘The Secrets of  a Filming Swallows & Amazons’. The Lutterworth Press now publish this filmography as ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons’. “I was commissioned to write my first screenplay by Dashwood Films, have completed a second, and have outlines for more.”

Sophie now has two historical novels ready for publication. Both are set in East Africa and include amusing anecdotes she collected whilst volunteering on aid projects in the region.