Biography

Sophfronia grew up in Lorain, Ohio (yes, Toni Morrison’s hometown!) along with her two older brothers and four younger sisters. Her father was a steelworker, originally from Mississippi, who never learned how to read. Her mother was a stay-at-home mom who always made sure there were books in the house, hence Sophfronia was reading long before she started school. She eventually attended Harvard with the idea of becoming a doctor until one of her writing teachers informed her, “You know, you’re good enough to get paid for this.” That was a shock to Sophfronia, but it made sense because she was a poor science student, and excelled in her English classes. She switched majors, from biology to English, her junior year.

After graduating in 1988 she went to work for Time Magazine where, in early 1990, she and colleague David Gross conceived a cover story that came to be known as “Twentysomething”. They became the magazine’s youngest cover story writers and in the process sparked a worldwide social examination of the phenomenon then known as Generation X.

In 1995 Sophfronia moved on to People Magazine where she immediately began organizing the constellation of celebrity. She wrote about the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, George Clooney and John F. Kennedy Jr. for the ever-popular special issues: The 50 Most Beautiful People, Sexiest Man Alive and The 25 Most Intriguing People. Then in 2000 she started separating the fashion icons from the fashion victims as People’s StyleWatch editor. She also represented the magazine in numerous television appearances on CNN, “Entertainment Tonight” and E! The Entertainment Network.

Recently Sophfronia served as senior entertainment editor for Teen People, but she left that post in January 2003 to focus on writing and her work as a career and personal development coach for her own company, Creative Coaching Plans. Her first novel, “All I Need to Get By” was published by St. Martin’s Press in March 2004. Sophfronia resides in Manhattan with her husband, Darryl. She practices yoga and, whenever she can find a free piece of earth, she loves gardening. These days she’s happily at work on her second novel, tentatively titled “A Family of Widows”.

 

 


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