Sophie Masson


Sophie Masson is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author.
WWW sophiemasson.org

Early life and education

Sophie Masson was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry. Masson, the third in a family of seven children, came to Australia at the age of five and spent most of the rest of her childhood shuttling back and forth between Australia and France.

Career

Her first two novels, one for adults entitled The House in the Rainforest; the second, for children, called Fire in the Sky, were published in Australia in 1990. Having written forty books, for children, young adults and adults, she is now published in the UK, United States, Thailand, France, Indonesia, Poland, Turkey, China, Korea and Germany as well as Australia. Many of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also written realistic fiction, as well as crime, mystery and romance. She has also had many short stories, essays, articles and reviews published, in books, magazines, newspapers and internet journals.

Nominations and awards

Novels

Carabas The Hoax The Tiger Red City The First Day The Green Prince The Firebird The Hand of Glory The Tempestuous Voyage of Hopewell Shakespeare In Hollow Lands Snow, Fire, Sword Malvolio's Revenge The Madman of Venice The Hunt for Ned Kelly The Phar Lap Mystery My Father's War The Understudy's Revenge The Boggle Hunters Moonlight and Ashes Ned Kelly's Secret Scarlet in the Snow The Crystal Heart Trinity: The False Prince Hunter's Moon Jack of Spades War and Resistance Four On the Run Four All At SeaThe Ghost SquadFour Up In Lights A Hundred Words for Butterfly Sydney Under Attack The Key to Rome
  • ''Our History: Ben Hall''

Picture books

Two Trickster Tales from Russia Two Rainbows Building Site Zoo Once Upon An ABC See Monkey Join the Armidale Parade There's A Tiger Out There On My Way The Snowman's Wish Santagram A House of Mud Cock-a-doodle-doo
  • ''Satin''

Lay Lines series

Her Lay Lines trilogy is based on the life and work of the 12th century French poet, Marie de France, and involves love and magic, werewolves and fairy lovers. It evokes the medieval world and world view, notably through the device of the "book within a book".Knight by the Pool The Lady of the Flowers Stone of Oakenfast The Forest of Dreams Omnibus edition

StarMaker series

Her StarMaker trilogy for young adults is a set of unrelated fairytale fantasies set in an historical context. The books are based on Tattercoats and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sleeping Beauty and Puss in Boots.Malkin Clementine
  • ''Serafin''

Thomas Trew series

Her Thomas Trew series for children is set in the Hidden Land, a fantasy world of several realms, each dominated by a particular type of mythical being: Middler Land, a mixed collection of magic-using villagers including pixies and werefoxes; Pandemonium, the realm of the brutish Uncouthers; Arkadia, populated by beings from Greek mythology; Montaynard country, land of dwarves and trolls; Oceanopolis, where selkies and mermaids live; Seraphimia in the sky, home of the winged ariels; and the Island of Ghosts, ruled by Mister D, the lord of death.
The series was published by Hodder & Stoughton between 2006 and 2008. There are six titles, all illustrated by Ted Dewan.
  • Thomas Trew and the Hidden People
  • Thomas Trew and the Horns of Pan
  • Thomas Trew and the Klint-King's Gold
  • Thomas Trew and the Selkie's Curse
  • Thomas Trew and the Flying Huntsman
  • ''Thomas Trew and the Island of Ghosts''

Short stories

  • Masson, Sophie, Carrington, Lorena, Secrets of the Good Fairy House
  • Masson, Sophie, Carrington, Lorena Magical Tales from French Camelot
  • Masson, Sophie, Carrington, Lorena, Bird's Eye View
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Non-fiction

  • ''Life, Literature, Legends: Collected Essays 1996–2011''