years_active birth_place awards nationality language birth_date article_title name
2003 - sydney , new south wales miles franklin award , 2015 australian english 1968 sofie laguna
 sofie laguna
sofie laguna

sofie laguna -lrb- born 1968 -rrb- is an australian novelist .
she was born in sydney and studied law before deciding that being a lawyer was not for her .
she has worked as an actor and is now a writer and playwright .
