Sophie McKenzie

Sophie McKenzie is a fiction writer of both adults and children’s books.

Her first book, the teen thriller Girl, Missing, was published in 2006 and chosen as one of the first Richard and Judy children’s book club winners. Since then, she has published over thirty children’s novels, four of which have won the annual, national Children’s Book Award. She is currently writing a new teen murder mystery series for Simon & Schuster called Murder Academy.

Sophie’s first psychological thriller for adult readers, Close My Eyes, came out in 2013 and was selected as a Richard & Judy summer read. It was followed by Sunday Times top ten page-turner Trust in Me and four other standalone adult suspense novels. Her next novel, Burn This, publishes in July 2025 through Canelo.

Her books have sold more than one million copies in the UK alone and are translated and sold all over the world. Sophie lives in north London and has worked as a journalist, editor and creative writing tutor.

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Latest Publication:

SWEETFREAK (24th August 2017, Simon & Schuster Children's Books)

When everyone thinks you're a liar, how hard will you fight for the truth?

Carey and Amelia have been best friends forever. Then Amelia starts being trolled by SweetFreak, a mysterious and hateful online account, and Carey is accused of being behind the vicious comments and threats.
 
Shut out by her other friends and shunned by Amelia, Carey is determined to clear her name and find out who’s really sending the messages. But as the online attacks spill over into real life, events start spiralling out of control… Can Carey expose the real SweetFreak before it’s too late?
 
A gripping page-turner from the award-winning Sophie Mckenize, SweetFreak will keep you guessing until the very end…

Latest News:

HIT SQUAD: THE MEDUSA PROJECT won the best book for Older Readers category at the 2013 Red House Children's Book Awards.

SISTER, MISSING was shortlisted for the Doncaster Book Award in the "Mad Hatters" category, recognising the best books for Year 7s and above.