Sophie F Baker has had her poetry published in various magazines including Poetry London, The RialtoIota, Horizon ReviewSmiths KnollFerment Zine and Pomegranate, and she has performed at venues around the country including Morden Tower, StAnza, Durham Book Festival and Ledbury Poetry Festival. She is the recipient of an Andrew Waterhouse Award from New Writing North (2010) and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors (2012). She has worked at  Mslexia for a number of years and lives in Gateshead.