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Sophie E. Tallis

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Sophie E Tallis

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, Young Adult & Children's Fiction, Literary, Poetry & Short Stories

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I am a published author and illustrator and full member of The Society of Authors.

I currently live in the Cotswolds with my family, my four enormous white wolves and about a dozen wild ducks! I was a full-time teacher for 16 years and now have a dream job, working in a library surrounded by books all day! My first passion has always been for writing stories and poetry, which I have done since I was a child. A painter and artist, I divide my time between writing and my artwork. I adore travelling when I get the chance, and have a profound love of landscapes, particularly those of New Zealand (where I spent four glorious months travelling) and Dartmoor, which I find very inspiring. My tastes are wildly eclectic in all things but I particular ...more

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And the next Bond is..?

This light-hearted post is my way of shaking off the dreadful Covid malaise that has settled over so many of us for the last 18 months. So I’m not talking about mental health, illness, depression, heavy life stuff, art or writing, I’m talking about something entirely daft and wonderfully trivial…who will be the next James Bond?

Barbara Broccoli take note!

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Average rating: 4.32 · 105 ratings · 38 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Fight Like A Girl by Roz Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joanne Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gaie Sebold (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Mountain 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felinity by Sammy H.K. Smith (Goodreads Author) (Collected By), Brian M. Talgo (Goodreads Author), Sophie E. Tallis (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows of the Oak: A Tenebris Books Collection of Fairy Tales by Zoe Harris (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.J. Dalton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Joel Cornah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World Of Their Own by Lindsey Parsons, E.R. Enoksen, Andrea Baker it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	H is for Hawkesbury: Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival Anthology 2015 by Debbie Young, John Lynch (Contributor), Rosalind Minett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Friendship Forged it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siege of Kallorm it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Copper Promise (The Copper Cat, #1)

by Jen Williams (Goodreads Author)

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Spark and Carousel

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The Buried Giant

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“First do no harm!”
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“First do no harm!”
― Sophie E. Tallis

tags: compassion, kindness, love

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“All that counts is that a child says at the end of the book, ‘Again!”
― Sebastian Walker

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“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

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“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

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“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.”
― Laurence Sterne

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