Sophie Cunningham

Writer, talker and teacher

Sophie Cunningham is a non-fiction writer and novelist with a passion for trees, walking and broader environmental issues. She is currently the 2023-24 Miegunyah Creative Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Sophie has written nine books, as well as editing one and appearing in anthology. Her most recent books are This Devastating Fever (Ultimo Press) and Flipper and Finnegan – The True Story of How Tiny Jumpers Saved Little Penguins (Albert Street Books). She is currently working on her next novel, The Time Machines.

A Member of the Order of Australia for her contributions to literature, Sophie is the Chair of the Australian Society of Authors and a non- executive director of the Copyright Agency.

Sophie was a co-founder of The Stella Prize, former editor of Meanjin (2008 – 2011) and former chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts (2011 – 2014). She has written for a range of magazines, including Griffith Review and The Monthly.

She posts an image of a tree on her Instagram account @sophtreeofday every day.

Short CV – download here.

Head shots – download here.