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Sofie Laguna has written four novels for adults which have won numerous literary awards including the Miles Franklin Award, the Colin Roderick Award and the Indie Award. She has also been shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Award, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Sofie’s many books for children have been published in the US and the UK and in translation in Europe and Asia, and been named Honour and Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The Underworld, Sofie’s fifth adult novel, is scheduled for publication with Penguin Random House 2025.

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Sofie Laguna on the voice that led her to The Underworld

A furious, brilliant woman stepped from the pages of a notebook – and inspired Laguna’s new novel, The Underworld.

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