Sophie Buchaillard is a Franco-British author based in South Wales, who takes inspiration from the idea of movement as culture and source of identity. Her debut novel, This is Not Who We Are (Seren Books), was shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award and the Wales Book of the Year 2023, and featured as one of Wales Arts Review top ten novels of 2022. Her second novel, Assimilation (Honno) is out February 2024. She is a 2023 Hay Festival Writers at Work and a Creative and Critical Writing Scholar.