Sofie Laguna

Sofie Laguna
Born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Years active	2003–present
Notable awards	Miles Franklin Award, 2015

Sofie Laguna is an Australian writer.

Early life and education

Sofie Laguna was born in Sydney. She studied law. ^[1]

Career

After deciding that being a lawyer was not for her, she worked as an actor for a while, before becoming a writer and playwright. ^[1]

Awards

• 2003 honour book Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Too Loud Lily ^[2]
• 2007 honour book Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers for Bird and Sugar Boy ^[2]
• 2009 longlisted Miles Franklin Award for One Foot Wrong ^[2]
• 2009 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards for One Foot Wrong ^[2]
• 2015 shortlisted Stella Prize for The Eye of the Sheep ^[2]
• 2015 winner Miles Franklin Award for The Eye of the Sheep ^[2]
• 2015 commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award for The Eye of the Sheep ^[2]
• 2018 longlisted Stella Prize for The Choke ^[2]
• 2018 shortlisted Voss Literary Prize for The Choke ^[2]
• 2021 longlisted Miles Franklin Award for Infinite Splendours ^[3]
• 2021 winner Colin Roderick Award for Infinite Splendours ^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

• One Foot Wrong (2008)
• The Eye of the Sheep (2014)
• The Choke (2017)
• Infinite Splendours (2020)
• The Underground (2025)

Children's

• Bill's Best Day (2002)
• Bad Buster (2003)
• Surviving Aunt Marsha (2003)
• Big Ned's Bushwalk (2005)
• Bird and Sugar Boy (2006)
• Meet Grace (2011)
• A Friend for Grace (2011)
• Grace and Glory (2011)
• A Home for Grace (2011)
• The Grace Stories (2013)
• 1836 : Do You Dare? : Fighting Bones (2014)

Picture books

• My Yellow Blanky (2002) with Tom Jellett (illustrator)
• Too Loud Lily (2002) with Kerry Argent (illustrator)
• On Our Way to the Beach (2004) with Andrew McLean (illustrator)
• Stephen's Music (2007) with Anna Pignataro (illustrator)
• Boris Monster, Scared of Nothing (2007) with Ben Redlich (illustrator)
• Where Are You, Banana? (2013) with Craig Smith (illustrator)

Personal life

As of June 2015 Laguna lived in Eltham in suburban Melbourne with her partner Marc McBride, an illustrator, and their two sons. ^[5]

References

1. "sofie". milesfranklin.com.au. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
2. "Sofie Laguna". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
3. "Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
4. "Laguna wins 2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
5. Susan Wyndham, "Novelist gets top Mileage out of drama", The Age, 24 June 2015, p. 12

External links

• Children's literature portal

• Official website