Sophie Neville
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Sophie Neville

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Once a television director, later a horseback safari guide in Southern Africa, Sophie Neville is back in the UK working on true life stories and fundraising for Christian charities. Her first published memoir 'Funnily Enough' won 3rd Prize in the International Rubery Book Award. Her work in progress, 'The Man Who Got Out of Japan', won the Athanatos Novel Writing Contest, 'A Woman's Write' 2019 and Eyelands Book Awards 2019 prize for an unpublished historical novel. She is currently working on a novel about life before the revolution on Zanzibar. Literary Awards: Winner of the Athanatos Christian Novel Writing Prize Winner of A Woman's Write, 2019 Winner of Eyelands Book Award for an unpublished novel 3rd Prize International Rubery Book Award 2013 3rd Prize - Association of Christian Writers' novel writing competition, 2019 3rd Prize - I AM WRITING ROMANCE, 2022 Short-listed for Eyeland's Book Award for an unpublished novel, 2020 and 2021 Short-listed by Virginia Prize for Fiction, 2022 Semi-finals of the Eludia Award, 2021 Finalist - Association of Christian Fiction Writers, USA, 2021 Finalist - Page Turner Awards for writers, 2021 Longlisted - Historical Novel Society First Novel Prize Longlisted - Roadmap's Write Start Competition, 2021 Longlisted - Adventures in Fiction New Voices first novel award, 2021 Longlisted - Retreat West's First Chapter competition, 2021 and 2022 Longlisted - Exeter Prize, 2022 Top 50 - Launch Pad Prose, 2022 Bronze medal - Wildlife Arts Society http://sophieneville.net/ Writing for Television: 'Inset' x 3 episodes ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV 'The way people talk' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV 'Boys about Girls: Girls about Boys' ~ Writer- Producer ~ BBC TV 'Crazes' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV 'Just Mum, my sister and me' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV 'Out of Europe into Africa' ~ Director ~ Channel 4 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627482/resume Books for BBC Books: 'Dawn to Dusk' ~ Series Originator 'Through the Dragon's Eye' ~ Book producer 'Bluebell' ~ Research Other Televison credits: 'Thinkabout Science' x 5 episodes ~ Director ~ BBC TV 'Through the Dragon's Eye' x 10 episodes ~ Director of FX and animation ~ BBC TV 'Dawn to Dusk on Safari' x 3 episodes ~ Originator/Researcher ~ BBC TV NHU 'Global Sunrise' - Live Watch ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV-NHU 'Blue Peter in South Africa' ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV 'Russell Harty Christmas Party' ~ Researcher ~ BBC 'Russell Harty' x 9 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV 'The Book Show' ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV 'Swallows and Amazons Forever!Coot Club' x 4 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV 'Swallows and Amazons Forever! The Big Six' x 4 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV 'My Family and Other Animals' x 8 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Bluebell' x 8 episodes ~ Researcher/AFM ~ BBC TV 'Rockliffe's Babies' x 4 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Doctor Who?''Vengenace on Varos' 2 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Rockliffe's Babies' x 4 episodes ~ Location Manager ~ BBC TV 'Charters and Caldicott' x 6 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Titus Andronicus' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'One by One' x 8 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Eastenders' x 12 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'The Diary of Anne Frank' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Cold Warrior' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV 'Out There' ~ Cameraman ~ SABC ITV News at Ten ~ Herself ~ ITV Antiques Roadshow ~ Herself ~ BBC Anglia ITV News ~ Herself ~ ITV BBC South Today ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Cinemaniacs' ~ Herself ~ CBBC TV 'The Wright Stuff' ~ Herself ~ ITV 'Big Screen Britain' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Country File' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'The Village Show' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Trisha' ~ Herself ~ Anglia TV 'SC4 Ident' ~ Herself ~ SC4 'Who's Sorry Now?' ~ Herself ~ Intermedia 'Songs of Praise' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Animal Magic' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Points West' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV 'Sunday Night Thriller: Dark Secret' ~ Actress ~ LWT 'Two Ronnies' ~ Actress ~ BBC TV 'Crossroads' ~ Actress ~ ATV 'Cider with Rosie' ~ Actress ~ BBC TV Film credits:~ 'Swallows and Amazons' 1974 ~ playing Titty ~ EMI 'The 'Copter Kids' 1976 ~ playing Liz Peters ~ CFTF (DVDs available on Amazon)
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