Sophie Duffy is the author of
Betsy and Lilibet,
​Bright Stars,
The Generation Game and 
This Holey Life.

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A child of the 70s, Sophie Duffy grew up on a diet of Blue Peter and The Wombles which has fed her nostalgic outlook on life. But it’s not all been Space Dust and Arctic Roll. Over the years she has curated a catalogue of loss but her sense of the world being a good place shines through the heartache.
 

Photo by Matt Austin

"​The television screen might be small and fuzzy, but it is magical. The room's packed with neighbours so we take it in turns to have a better view. Vivat regina!"
​Betsy and Lilibet

​​Duffy finds the humour in the mundane and the tragic and her novels have an upbeat quality. She is particularly fond of dysfunctional, unconventional families and the complexities of everyday modern life. Her female leads range from dippy to delinquent, but they are brave and authentic. Her settings, described by Laurie Graham as ‘so atmospheric you can almost smell the Brylcreem’, range from a sweetshop in Torquay to a vicarage in Penge, but somehow they always provide the love Duffy’s protagonists crave. 
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