Sophie Elmhirst

Sophie Elmhirst is a British journalist and author known for her long-form nonfiction writing in outlets like The Guardian Long Read, The Economist 1843, and The New Yorker. search. Her debut book Maurice and Maralyn (2024, published as A Marriage at Sea in the US), about a couple adrift at sea for 118 days, won the 2024 Nero Book Awards Golden Nero overall prize. She has won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year (2020) and other journalism honors.sophieelmhirst.com.