Sophie Cooke

About

Scottish fiction and travel writer and poet. Her literary works include the novel Under the Mountain, the short story "The Incomprehensible Mortality of Karen Mack," and the poem "Antarctica."

Before Fame

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in anthropology. Her debut novel, The Glass House, was published in 2004 and was a finalist for the Saltire First Book of The Year Award.

Trivia

She performed her politically-themed monologue, "Protective Measures," at a 2009 Serbian literary festival.

Family Life

She set her novel Under the Mountain in her hometown of Kilmahog, Scotland.

Associated With

Her literary work, with its thematic emphasis on the concealment and revelation of truth, has been compared to that of English author Virginia Woolf.