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Author · Storyteller
Sophie White
@sophiewhite
Historical Fiction writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Sophie White writes historical fiction and mystery. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
Writing gets interesting when the obvious choice stops working.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Sophie White
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Later first draft
The Salt Ledger
In a coastal Welsh town in 1897, a clerk at the customs office discovers that a set of shipping records has been altered to hide more than smuggling. When a small local disappearance begins to echo through the ledgers, she is forced to decide whether the truth is worth losing the only life she has carefully built. The novel follows the slow unravelling of a crime that has been made to look ordinary.
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