Sophie Claire writes uplifting emotional stories with their heart in Provence, where she spent her childhood summers. She is half French, half Scottish, was born in Africa and growing up in England she felt she didn’t belong anywhere – except in the pages of a book. Perhaps this is why she likes to help her characters find their home; a place in the world where they can be loved for themselves.

Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.

Sophie has had six novels published by Hodder & Stoughton. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, and her work was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Goudge Award 2011, the Sophie King Prize 2014 and the Joan Hessayon Award 2016. She won joint first prize in the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2018.

She is represented by Megan Carroll of Watson, Little Agency.