Sophy Roberts is a British author who focuses on travel stories in remote parts of the world, with a special interest in literature, history, culture and conservation. Her first non-fiction book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, was published by Transworld in February 2020 and was named a Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year. She lives with her husband and two teenage sons on a rural smallholding close to the sea in West Dorset, England.