Sophia Slade

Sophia Slade, formerly writing under her given name Sophia Elaine Hanson, began writing as a child and won 35 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards as a teenager, including two National Gold Medals. While at New York University she independently published six books, among them a YA steampunk trilogy. Her seventh book, the dark fantasy Nightstrider, launched via Kickstarter in 2022 before being picked up by Orbit Books. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and two cats.