Signing at Waterstones Castlepoint
Latest News
February 2026: Sophie will be speaking at Bloody Barnes Crime Writing Festival as well as visiting Bath Library Authors’ Fair.
September 2025: A Case of Misfortune is now available again after a cyber attack at the printers caused it to temporarily be out of stock.
January 2024: The Violet Veil Mysteries – A Case of High Stakes is out now!
January 2022: The Violet Veil Mysteries – A Case of Misfortune is out now!
November 2021: The Violet Veil Mysteries – A Case of Misfortune is available to pre-order. Take a look at the Linktree page to find the pre-order links for different countries.
October 2021: Sophie will be speaking at this year’s Lincoln Book Festival.
January 2021: We’ll be celebrating the release of A Case of Grave Danger on January 21st with a publication day exclusive reading and writing activity over on Moon Lane TV at 6pm GMT! Look out for posts on Instagram and Twitter too.
December 2020: The Violet Veil Mysteries – A Case of Grave Danger is now available to pre-order. You can find a wide range of places to pre-order the paperback, e-book and audiobook on HarperCollins UK as well as a sneak preview of the book read by Emma Noakes! You can also check out Booklaunch for links to buy in Australia, NZ and Canada.
November 2020: You can now find all of Sophie’s books as well as some of her favourite picks on her Bookshop page.
November 2020: Sophie has a new online author talk up for Lincoln Book Festival
July 2020: HarperCollins Children’s signs second series from Cleverly – The Violet Veil Mysteries!
On stage with Helena Duggan at Bath Children’s Literature Festival
A Peter Pan themed event for World Book Day
Latest Awards and Lists
The Lost Twin has been shortlisted for the West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award
The Lost Twin has been shortlisted for the Concorde Book Award
The Curse in The Candlelight has been chosen for the Children’s Book Award’s Pick of the Year list
The Last Secret has been featured in Five Book’s Editor’s Picks for the Top 5 Children’s Books of the year
The Last Secret has been shortlisted for the West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award
A Case of Grave Danger has been nominated for the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
Latest Interviews/Guest Posts
Author interview with Families Magazine
Author interview with Crohn’s and Colitis UK
How To Write a Story Opening on Searchlight Writing For Children Awards
Mystery Writing – Myths, Mayhem and Magic on Federation of Children’s Book Groups
Author interview with ReadingZone
My Top 10 Terrifying Teachers on The Guardian
Upcoming Public Events
LONDON – February 8th 2026: Bloody Barnes Crime Writing Festival, 10am, OSO Arts Centre
BATH – February 21st 2026 – Bath Library Authors Fair
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