Description
Book SynopsisSophie Haydock is an author, editor and journalist (
Sunday Times,
Financial Times,
Guardian), based in Folkestone, Kent, where she is curator of Folkestone Book Festival. Her debut,
The Flames about the women who posed for the scandalous artist Egon Schiele in Vienna a century ago was named by the
Times as one of the Best Historical Fiction Books of 2022. It was longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award, and the Italian translation,
Le Fiamme, won the Premio Letterario Edoardo Kihlgren for debut novels. She worked for the
Sunday Times Short Story Award and is associate director of the Word Factory. Her Instagram @egonschieleswomen has 110,000 followers. Visit: sophie-haydock.com
