Occupation. A former publisher and editor, she is the author of two novels, Geography (2004) and Bird (2008).For the City Series, she wrote Melbourne (2011).

Nationality. 1963 (age 56–57) Melbourne. Sophie Cunningham is the author of Melbourne (3.46 avg rating, 230 ratings, 44 reviews, published 2011), City of Trees (4.24 avg rating, 114 ratings, 25 ... Home My Books Sophie Cunningham is the author of five books, City of Trees, Geography, Bird, Melbourne, and Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy. Melbourne writer Sophie Cunningham is disdainful of "the suburbs" (she grew up in Hawthorn) and looks at Melbourne from her smug complacency in Fitzroy. In 2019 Sophie Cunningham was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her contributions to literature. Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy, her most recent book, was published by Text Publishing in 2014 and was long-listed for both a Walkley Award and the Kibble Prize. Writer, editor, Current Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Sophie Cunningham is a former publisher and editor and an award-winning writer. She is a former publisher and editor, was a co-founder of the Stella Prize and is now an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University’s Non/fiction Lab. She is a former publisher and editor, was a co-founder of the Stella Prize and is now an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University’s Non/fiction Lab.

Sophie Cunningham has been a writer and publisher in Australia for thirty years. Sophie Cunningham AM (born 1963) … Her world mostly extends from Firzroy to Carlton, Brunswick and the ciry, with occasional forays to far-away St Kilda. Created in 1961, and now based in Melbourne, ABR publishes reviews, essays, commentaries and creative writing. Australian. She is the author of five books, the most recent of which is City of Trees: Essays on Life, Death and the Need for a Forest (2019). Sophie Cunningham is a Melbourne based author of five books – Geography, Bird, Melbourne, Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy, and the subject of today’s interview, City of Trees: Essays on Life Death & The Need for a Forest.As well as being a former publisher and editor, she was a co-founder of the Stella Prize and is adjunct professor at RMIT University’s non/fictionLab. Sophie Alice Cunningham. Sophie Cunningham is the author of five books, City of Trees, Geography, Bird, Melbourne, and Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy. She does Pilates at 6:30am and rides her bike through downpours. Australian Book Review (ABR) is Australia's leading arts and literary review. She is an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University in the School Media and Communication in the College of Design and Social Context.