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Sophie Cunningham

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Sophie Cunningham is a non-fiction writer and novelist with a passion for trees, walking and broader environmental issues. She is the 2023-24 Miegunyah Creative Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Sophie has written nine books. 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). 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).  The author of City of Trees, Sophie posts an image of a tree on her Instagram account @sophtreeofday every day.

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