Welcome to the wonderful world of SOPHIE PARKIN where everything that glisters is gold. Here you can discover some things you never wanted to know about Sophie and her books, novels and poetry, and maybe, some things you did (in my diary) (just don't tell my mum!)and also in my recent pieces in www.3ammagazine.com . Sebastian Horsley and Nina Hamnett this week. There is also a true story about my trials and tribulations in Morocco when my father tried to exchange me for 50 camels. Talking of Tangier....

Also New is the German version of French for Kissing -otherwise known as Schokoprinzen Kussen Besser- is that a literal translation? So what does it mean???

My NEW book  Bazaar Night and Camel Bites, comes out on 15th September. Lily Lovett is back. Escaping from a calamitous Christmas- would you ever want your Maths teacher to date your Mum, and meet your Dad? Exactly.

 Lily is away being naughty in Tangier, Morocco with it's faded spy past  mysterious clubs, romantic souks and strange food and customs. Hilariously educational. Buy it at www.amazon.co.uk

 

BEST OF FRIENDS came out on 28th September. These are interviews that I did with 10 teenage girls and 10 female role models.

From Trisha to Karen O(Yeah Yeah Yeah's), CharlotteCooper (the Subways)to Cathy Hopkins, Irma Kurtz(agony aunt of Cosmo) to Jasmine Guiness Supermodel). Sophie Ellis Bextor to Kate Hoey MP - Vanessa Fenton, ballet choreographer and Daisy De Villeneuve.

The first teen  book FRENCH FOR KISSING - the life's and loves of Lily was published by Piccadilly Press in November 2005.  The second, of the Lily series MAD RICH & FAMOUS came out on 30 November 2006. She is currently working on the next Lily adventure - Bazaar Nights and Camel Bites, set in Morocco, appears in the SEPT 07

Sophie Parkin has written 7 published books. 3 grown-up novels (you can't say adult otherwise people think they might be pornography). All Grown Up, Take Me Home, Dear Goddess. And for teenagers.there is French for Kissing,.Best of Friends,  Mad Rich and Famous, and Bazaar Nights and Camel Bites. She has also contributed to 4 other books, from short stories, true stories, long stories, to poetry.

Mother's by Daughters, Sons and Mothers both pub by Virago, Girls just Want To Have Fun- the Cosmopolitan book of short stories, and POP 05- Anthology of Poetry ed by Michael Horowitz.