Sophie Clark is the #1 Sunday Times and Australian bestselling author of Cruel is the Light and Merciful is the Dark (forthcoming 2027). She writes dark & romantic fantasy featuring wounded girls with sharp edges and the charming boys who fall for them anyway.

Cruel is the Light reached #1 on the UK and Australian charts and debuted at #6 on the German Spiegel bestseller list. Published by Penguin (UK/AU) and Knopf (US), her work has been translated into ten languages.

Sophie holds a Masters of International Relations from the University of Melbourne and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney. Her professional background includes serving as a policy advisor and working within the Australian Senate. After a year living in Germany, she returned to her home in Tasmania, Australia. When she isn’t writing, she can be found reading or lavishing attention on her beloved black and white border collie, Indy.

She is represented by Josh Adams at Adams Literary.

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