Sofie Laguna is an Australian writer.

Sofie Laguna was born in Sydney. She studied law.^[1]

After deciding that being a lawyer was not for her, worked as an actor for a while, before becoming a writer and playwright.^[1]

• 2003 honour book Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Too Loud Lily^[2]
• 2007 honour book Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers for Bird and Sugar Boy^[2]
• 2009 longlisted Miles Franklin Award for One Foot Wrong^[2]
• 2009 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards for One Foot Wrong^[2]
• 2015 shortlisted Stella Prize for The Eye of the Sheep^[2]
• 2015 winner Miles Franklin Award for The Eye of the Sheep^[2]
• 2015 commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award for The Eye of the Sheep^[2]
• 2018 longlisted Stella Prize for The Choke^[2]
• 2018 shortlisted Voss Literary Prize for The Choke^[2]
• 2021 longlisted Miles Franklin Award for Infinite Splendours^[3]
• 2021 winner Colin Roderick Award for Infinite Splendours^[4]

• One Foot Wrong (2008)
• The Eye of the Sheep (2014)
• The Choke (2017)
• Infinite Splendours (2020)

• Bill's Best Day (2002)
• Bad Buster (2003)
• Surviving Aunt Marsha (2003)
• Big Ned's Bushwalk (2005)
• Bird and Sugar Boy (2006)
• Meet Grace (2011)
• A Friend for Grace (2011)
• Grace and Glory (2011)
• A Home for Grace (2011)
• The Grace Stories (2013)
• 1836 : Do You Dare? : Fighting Bones (2014)

• My Yellow Blanky (2002) with Tom Jellett (illustrator)
• Too Loud Lily (2002) with Kerry Argent (illustrator)
• On Our Way to the Beach (2004) with Andrew McLean (illustrator)
• Stephen's Music (2007) with Anna Pignataro (illustrator)
• Boris Monster, Scared of Nothing (2007) with Ben Redlich (illustrator)
• Where Are You, Banana? (2013) with Craig Smith (illustrator)

As of June 2015 Laguna lived in Eltham in suburban Melbourne with her partner Marc McBride, an illustrator, and their two sons.^[5]

• Official website