Sophie Cunningham has worked as an editor and publisher at McPhee Gribble, Penguin Books, Allen & Unwin, Lonely Planet and Meanjin. She established the Faber Writing Academy’s Melbourne chapter in 2011 and most recently taught in the WAN stream with Emily Bitto and Miles Allinson.  She has written nine books and edited one. The most recent of those are This Devastating Fever (Ultimo Press), Flipper and Finnegan – The True Story of How Tiny Jumpers Saved Little Penguins (Albert Street Books) and City of Trees (Text Publishing). She is currently working on her next novel, The Whole Earth Catalogue. A Member of the Order of Australia for her contributions to literature, Sophie is the Chair of the Australian Society of Authors and a non- executive director of the Copyright Agency.