Hello and welcome!

I'm Sophie Kirtley and I write adventurous books for children about things that matter to me - family, friendship and the natural world.

If you want to find out more about me and my books then you've come to the right place!

Photo by Hannah Murrin

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"Full of peril, sadness and wild joy, it's a timeslip adventure with a difference."

The Guardian on The Wild Way Home

'I can honestly say, in my six years of teaching so far, I have never read a book to my class that has captivated them so much!'

Year 4 Teacher on The Wild Way Home

"So vivid, so warm, so magically spun."

Piers Torday on The Way to Impossible Island

"A beautiful story to teach children why nature must be defended."

The Telegraph 'Best New Children's Books of 2025' on Swanfall

"It’s a ghost story with a thrillingly, dark Viking ‘roar’, but threaded through with such beauty and heart"

Kate Wilkinson

on The Haunting of Fortune Farm