Sophie Ward

1964–

English actor and novelist. The daughter of the actor Simon Ward, she appeared in the film Young Sherlock Holmes and in television series including Heartbeat and Land Girls. She took a degree in English with philosophy at the Open University and a PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, on narrative in philosophy of mind. Her debut novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments (2020), is built from ten linked chapters inspired by philosophical thought experiments. A second novel, The Schoolhouse, followed in 2022. Love and Other Thought Experiments was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.

Timeline of Sophie Ward’s life

Works

• Love and Other Thought Experiments (2020)

Prizes

• Love and Other Thought Experiments — The Booker Prize 2020: Longlist