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12 Facts About Sophie Parkin

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Sophie Parkin was born on 6 June 1961 and is an English writer, artist and poet.

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Sophie Parkin was previously the proprietor of an arts club in East London, Vout-O-Reenee's, opened in 2014: she left in 2023.

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Sophie Parkin went on to attend Saint Martin's School of Art, Leeds Polytechnic and Anthony Earnshaw, then Maidstone College of Art, where she graduated with a Fine Art degree in 1982.

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Sophie Parkin modelled in Nova magazine and The Sunday Times and appeared in Andrew Logan's Alternative Miss World in 1979 film.

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Sophie Parkin has written for The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Times, The Lady magazine, Tatler, Harper's, Bonham's Magazine and the British Library.

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Sophie Parkin taught creative writing at Morley College, London, for three years.

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Sophie Parkin's novels are All Grown Up, Take Me Home and Dear Goddess.

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Sophie Parkin has written for Piccadilly Press the teen novels French for Kissing, Best of Friends, and Mad, Rich and Famous.

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In May 2014, Sophie Parkin opened Vout-O-Reenee's near Shoreditch, east London, an arts club that has been described as "a private members club for the surrealistically distinguished", encompassing The Stash Gallery.

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Sophie Parkin is the sister of Sarah Lieberson and Zuleika Gerrish, and daughter of artist Molly Parkin and art dealer Michael Parkin.

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Sophie Parkin's godmother was Sylvia Scaffardi, co-founder of the National Council for Civil Liberties.

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Sophie Parkin has a son, Cameron and a daughter, Carson Parkin-Fairley.