Sophie Anderson is the author of THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS, THE GIRL WHO SPEAKS BEAR, THE CASTLE OF TANGLED MAGIC, THE THIEF WHO SANG STORMS  and THE SNOW GIRL.

Sophie Anderson grew up on the Welsh coast, listening to the fairy tale storytelling of her Prussian grandmother. Now living in the Lake District with her husband, four children, a border collie and a ginger cat, Sophie enjoys reading, wild swimming and daydreaming.

Sophie’s bestselling novels have been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards’ Children’s Fiction Book of the Year, and the Branford Boase Award. THE GIRL WHO SPEAKS BEAR won the Indie Book Awards Children’s Fiction Book of the Year and the Children and Young People’s category for Wales Book of the Year. THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS has sold in 25+ territories.