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Sophie Cousens

Sophie Cousens started her career in television, where she produced, among other things, The Graham Norton Show, Big Brother, Ant and Dec and Russell Howard’s Good News. In 2015 Sophie won the LoveAtFirstWrite competition, run in partnership with Corvus and LoveReading with her debut novel How to Get Ahead in Television. The book was nominated for a RoNA in the category of Best Romantic Comedy.

Her novel This Time Next Year was published by Arrow in 2020, and has been sold into nineteen territories around the world. It was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick and went on to become a New York Times bestseller. She has published two subsequent novels; Just Haven't Met You Yet (2021) with Arrow, and Before I Do (2022) with Hodder. Her next novel The Good Part is set for release in 2023. This Time Next Year, Just Haven't Met You Yet and Before I Do have all been optioned for film.

Sophie currently lives in Jersey where she now writes full time. She lives with her husband Tim and has two small children who keep her occupied with important questions such as 'but did Cinderella have a toothbrush?'. She yearns for a time when she will be able to add a miniature dachshund to the party.
 


 

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The Good Part

At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet paper. She could quit her job for a better living, but she's not ready to give up on her dreams. Not just yet. After another diabolical date lands her in a sudden storm with no money for bus fare, Lucy finds herself seeking shelter in a tiny shop, where she stumbles upon a curious wishing machine. Pushing her last coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with everything she's got: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life.

When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man, a ring on her finger, a high-powered job, and storybook perfect little boy and baby girl, Lucy can't believe this is real--especially when she looks in the mirror, and staring back is her own forty-something face. Has she really skipped ahead to the future she's always wanted, or has she simply forgotten a huge chunk of her life? And as Lucy begins to embrace this new life and new relationships, she'll have to ask herself: Can she go back, and if so, does she want to?

Territory Publisher/Agent
World Darley Anderson Agency
World English excl. North America Hodder & Stoughton
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Before I Do

Audrey is marrying Josh; steady, dependable Josh, the love of her life. They share a flat and a bank account, and it's the only relationship that Audrey's ever had that feels like something she can put her trust in. But romance should be full of fireworks, and as the big day approaches, Audrey's found herself wondering if Josh really is 'the one'.

So, when Josh's sister Miranda arrives at their rehearsal dinner with Fred - Audrey's 'What If? guy', the man she met six years ago and had one amazing day with but never saw again - Audrey can't help but see it as a sign.

Surely Fred's appearance the night before Audrey is due to get married can't be a coincidence. And when everything that could go wrong with the wedding starts to go wrong, Audrey has to wonder: could fate be trying to stop her from making a huge mistake?

Territory Publisher/Agent
World Darley Anderson Agency
World English excl. North America Hodder & Stoughton
North America Putnam
Arabic Jarir Bookstore
Germany Penguin Verlag
Israel Armchair Publishing
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Just Haven't Met You Yet

Tell me the story of how you two met...

Laura has built a career out of finding epic true-life stories for her column on love and relationships.

When she picks up the wrong suitcase at the airport, Laura wonders if this could be her very own meet-cute moment.

From piano sheet-music to a battered copy of her favourite book, Laura finds in the bag evidence of everything she could hope for in a partner.

If Laura's job has taught her anything it's that when it comes to love, you can't let opportunity pass you by. Now Laura is determined to track down the owner of the suitcase, and her own happy ending.

But what if fate has other ideas?

Territory Publisher/Agent
World Arrow
North America Putnam
Arab World Jarir Bookstore
Bulgaria ERA Media
Czech Republic Euromedia
France Bragelonne
Germany Penguin Verlag
Israel Armchair Publishing
Italy Newton Compton
Slovakia Fortuna
Dramatic Rights / under option
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This Time Next Year

Get ready to fall for this year's most extraordinary love story.

Quinn and Minnie are born on New Year's Eve, in the same hospital, one minute apart. Their lives may begin together, but their worlds couldn't be more different. Thirty years later they find themselves together again in the same place, at the same time. 

What if fate is trying to bring them together? Maybe it's time to take a chance on love...

Territory Publisher/Agent
World Arrow
North America Putnam
Arab World Jarir Bookstore
China Beijing Guangchen Culture Communication Co.
Croatia Egmont
Czech Republic Euromedia
Estonia Rahva Raamat
France Bragelonne
Germany Penguin Verlag
Hungary Konyvmolykepzo
Israel Armchair Publishing
Italy Newton Compton
Norway Panta Forlag
Poland Swiat Ksiazki
Romania Nemira
Russia Azbooka-Atticus
Serbia Publik Praktikum
Slovakia Fortuna
Turkey Nemesis
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How to Get Ahead in Television

Poppy Penfold thinks she’s found the job of her dreams when she wins an internship at the UK’s biggest production company, RealiTV. But there’s a problem – there are two runners on the placement and only one job at the end of it. Her competition is Rhidian Drummond; highly competitive, irritatingly confident and infuriatingly good-looking…

Poppy and Rhidian must prove themselves on a range of TV shows such as Can Your Dog Do Your Job?, Changing Grooms and Strictly Come Prancing. With her parents dead-set against the idea of a career in show business, this is Poppy’s one chance to show she can make a go of it.

Unfortunately for Poppy, she’s not very good at a lot of the things a runner needs to be good at, namely: driving, getting people the right coffee, dealing with drunk and abusive celebrities, comforting comedians on the brink of a breakdown and capturing rampaging glitter-encrusted horses… As Poppy chalks up disaster after disaster, Rhidian can seemingly do no wrong and Poppy despairs she will ever win the job. Moving to London, working in TV, living with cool hipster flatmates - none of it turns out as Poppy expected, but then when is life ever what you expected?
 

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World Corvus

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