She is also a regular contributor to the popular authorship blog Writer Unboxed, This was a really great read, I've been reading a lot more speculative fiction so far this year, a genre I used to read a lot of, but one I seem to have neglected over the last couple of years.

Sophie's website is at She has a writing blog at Her You Tube channel, with trailers to many of her books, is at. In 2019 she received an AM in the Order of Australia for her significant service to literature as an author, a publisher, and through service to literary organisations. Sophie has received several awards for her creative work, including the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and the YA category of the Aurealis Awards. She is also the President committee of the New England and North West sub-branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia, NSW branch. A former Chair of the Australian Society of Authors, she is the current Chair (2021) of the New England Writers' Centre and of the Small Press Network. Sophie holds a BA and M.Litt in French and English literature, and a PhD in Creative Practice. She has also had many short stories and articles published in newspapers, magazines, and online journals. Her books have been published in Australia, the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and many other countries. Sophie's first book appeared in 1990 and since then she has published more than seventy books, for children, young adults and adults.

All the rest of her childhood, the family stayed in Australia, with frequent trips back to France, and this dual heritage underpins a good deal of Sophie's work. Born in Indonesia of French parents, Sophie Masson was sent to live with her paternal grandmother in Toulouse, France, when she was just a baby and lived there till she was nearly five, when her parents came back from Indonesia and took her to Australia.

The Hoax by Sophie Masson