Sophie Cunningham
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Sophie Cunningham is a Melbourne
-based writer and editor. She was publisher at McPhee Gribble
/Penguin
for two years and Trade Publisher at Allen & Unwin
for ten, where she was known for innovative fiction and non-fiction.
In 2004, her own first novel, Geography
, was published. In 2005 she was an Asialink resident in Sri Lanka, which provided research material for her novel Bird
., which follows the life of a singer-actress who became a Buddhist nun. She's working on her third novel, This Devastating Fever, about Leonard Woolf
's time as a colonial administrator in Ceylon. She has also written several pieces of journalism and travel writing.
In 2008 she became the editor of Meanjin
and aims to make the literary magazine 'lighter, more fun, but I don't mean lightweight.". She also aims to establish a younger audience for the magazine.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
-based writer and editor. She was publisher at McPhee Gribble
McPhee Gribble
McPhee Gribble was a Carlton-based Australian publisher. Founded in 1975 by Diana Gribble and Hilary McPhee, McPhee Gribble was the initial publisher of works by significant Australian writers including Tim Winton, Helen Garner, Rod Jones, Brian Matthews, Murray Bail, Kaz Cooke, Martin Flanagan,...
/Penguin
Penguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
for two years and Trade Publisher at Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
for ten, where she was known for innovative fiction and non-fiction.
In 2004, her own first novel, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, was published. In 2005 she was an Asialink resident in Sri Lanka, which provided research material for her novel Bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
., which follows the life of a singer-actress who became a Buddhist nun. She's working on her third novel, This Devastating Fever, about Leonard Woolf
Leonard Woolf
Leonard Sidney Woolf was an English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant, and husband of author Virginia Woolf.-Early life:...
's time as a colonial administrator in Ceylon. She has also written several pieces of journalism and travel writing.
In 2008 she became the editor of Meanjin
Meanjin
Meanjin is an Australian literary journal. The name - pronounced Mee-AN-jin - is derived from an Aboriginal word for the land where the city Brisbane is located.It was founded in December 1940, in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen...
and aims to make the literary magazine 'lighter, more fun, but I don't mean lightweight.". She also aims to establish a younger audience for the magazine.