Sophie McKenzie

Sophie McKenzie is a British author of young adult novels as well as adult thrillers. Many of her novels have won several awards, the most famous being Girl, Missing. Others include Blood Ties and The Set Up. McKenzie writes full-time and lives in London. Her books have mainly been published by Simon & Schuster.

Biography

McKenzie grew up in London, and became a journalist after university. After being made redundant from her job in 2003, she started a year long 'Writing for Children course' at the City Literary Institute in London. She finished her first novel, Girl, Missing at the beginning of 2005. It was then published by Simon & Schuster Children's Books in 2006.

Awards

Girl, Missing

Winner Richard and Judy Book Club Best Kids’ Books 2007 11+

Winner of the RHCBA 2007 12+

Winner of the John Lewis Sol hull Book Award 2008

Winner of the 2008 Sakura Medal Award given by the International School Libraries of Japan

Missing Me

Winner of the Ealing Readers Award 2013

Blood Ties

Overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2009

Winner of the North East Teenage Book Award 2010

Winner of the Southern Schools Book Award 2010

Winner of the Warwickshire Book Award 2010

Winner of the RED Book Award 2010

Novels

Young adult fiction

Falling Fast

Burning Bright

Casting Shadows

Defy the Stars

Truth Or Dare

Hide & Secrets

Sweetfreak

Second Series

Split Second

Every Second Counts

Missing Series

Girl, Missing

Sister, Missing

Missing Me

Boy Missing

The Medusa Project

The Set-Up

The Hostage

The Thief

The Rescue

Hunted

Double Crossed

Hit Squad

Blood Series

Blood Ties

Blood Ransom

All About Eve

Six Steps to a Girl

Three's a Crowd

The One & Only

Crime fiction novels

Je ne t'oublierai pas

Trust in Me

Close My Eyes (2013)

Lessons in Death

Other fiction

The Fix

Time Train to the Blitz

Arthur's Sword