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Sophy Roberts
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Sophy Roberts

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Sophy Roberts is a British writer whose work focuses on the wild places from Papua New Guinea to the Congo. She began her career assisting the writer Jessica Mitford, and trained in journalism at Columbia University in New York. She regularly contributes to the Financial Times and the US edition of Condé Nast Traveler, among others. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is her first book.

Books by Sophy Roberts

A Training School for Elephants

From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition.

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The Lost Pianos of Siberia

A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times and Spectator book of 2020, and a major new literary voice.

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