"Sophie shows flair, intelligence and initiative with the projects she works on, approaching with curiosity the material she's given, keen to discover how her design can work to both enhance and amplify its message ... When Sophie works on a book cover, she throws herself into it, listening closely to what a publisher, author or client wants and taking time to research it from all angles before responding.
The two covers she created for us are outstanding – one digital and one created by hand – they are smart, engaging and well-matched to the projects, showing restraint and a confident use of colour. Our authors were delighted!"
– Mary McCallum, publisher at The Cuba Press
"Sophie designed my book This is farewell: readings and meditations on death and dying. This involved meeting with me and the publisher, then designing and presenting us with options for cover art, layout, typography, and chapter headings.
All Sophie’s designs were beautiful, addressed the brief, and yet showed us new ideas we hadn’t thought of. We were then able to refine our brief, and thanks to her, come up with a book design we are very proud of.
Throughout this process Sophie listened carefully, worked skillfully, and to deadline. She is skilled, creative and collaborative, which makes her a joy to work with."
– Pinky Agnew, author of This is farewell
