Sophie Hamley has worked as a bookseller, editor, writer, content producer and web producer. She was a literary agent at Cameron’s Management from 2006 until 2014; she is a past President of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association and was also a member of the Book Industry Collaborative Council.
She is now a non-fiction publisher at Hachette Australia, where she also coordinates the Hachette Mentoring Programme with several writers centres around Australia and in New Zealand.
She's interested in stories with well-developed characters, a strong plot and a sense that the writer has thought about who their audience is.
She will not be looking at works that are still in the planning or early-draft stages.
Sophie Hamley - Editor Assessments
Feedback
Sophie will be providing verbal feedback with her assessments.
Assessment Categories
- Crime
- Historical
- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Romance
- Thrillers
Important
- Assessment sessions are only available to conference attendees at this time.
- Assessment sessions are non-refundable unless we are able to resell the session.
- No refunds will be made if you make an assessment booking but do not book for the Conference and your session will be cancelled.
- You may book your session before booking for the conference however there will be a $25.00 administration charge should you decide to cancel the appointment before assessment bookings closing on 15 May 2021.