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Sophie Kinsella

Sophie Kinsella

    (1969 -    )
    “In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.”
    ― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic & Baby

Sophie Kinsella has sold over 45 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.

Sophie first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in theRomance & Contemporary Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Becky has since featured in eight further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the KnotShopaholic & SisterShopaholic & BabyMini ShopaholicShopaholic to the StarsShopaholic to the Rescue and Christmas Shopaholic. Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.

Sophie has also written ten standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?The Undomestic GoddessRemember Me?Twenties GirlI’ve Got Your NumberWedding NightMy Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017, Surprise MeI Owe You One and Love Your Life.

In 2014 she published a Young Adult novel, Finding Audrey, about a teenage girl with social anxiety and her madcap family, and in January 2018, Sophie published the first illustrated book for young readers in her Mummy Fairy and Me series, about the charming adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo (also published as Fairy Mom and Me).

Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, aged 24, whilst she was working as a financial journalist. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable ResidenceSwimming Pool SundayThe GatecrasherThe Wedding GirlCocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.

Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She lives in the UK with her husband and family.