Sophie Cunningham AM is the author of seven books, across multiple fiction and nonfiction, children and adults and include City of Trees – Essays on life, death and the need for a forest, and Melbourne. She is also editor of the collection Fire, Flood, Plague: Australian writers respond to 2020. Sophie's former roles include as a book publisher and editor, chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council, editor of the literary journal Meanjin, and co-founder of The Stella Prize celebrating women's writing. She is now an adjunct professor at RMIT University's non/fiction Lab. In 2019, Sophie was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her contributions to literature. [Source: Hardie Grant](https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/authors/sophie-cunningham) She was the Editor of *Meanjin* between 2008-2010. Other contributions: -------------------- - [Introduction to 'Memoirs of Many in One' by Patrick White, Text Publishing, 2019](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21206486W)