Sophia Davis

I'm Sophia, and I've spent nearly a decade helping fiction writers discover what their stories are truly about. I started as a reader: obsessive, the kind who analyses structure the way others analyse sport. Eventually I turned that obsession into a career as a developmental editor.

My work lives at the intersection of commercial appeal and emotional truth. A great story has to do both: it has to grip readers with plot and pace, and it has to make them care deeply about the people inside it. I work with authors to identify where the two come apart, and how to bring them back into alignment.

I've edited across commercial fiction genres, from high-concept thrillers and coming-of-age YA to contemporary romance and women's fiction. The questions I ask are always the same: What does your protagonist want? What do they need? And what stands between the two? Those questions drive everything.

I work best with writers who are ready to revise. Not because their first draft is wrong, but because the best version of your book is waiting inside it, and I know how to help you find it.