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From award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes Wild, Beautiful and Free (Lake Union Publishing), the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong.

“Telling the story of a child of a slave owner and an enslaved woman, Wild, Beautiful and Free focuses on the individual heartbreaks of slavery and especially on the heroine, a courageous young woman who has to find her own route to becoming a free woman. It’s intensely readable — a page-turner set in a vividly described landscape,” says Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Kirkus Reviews calls Sophfronia’s latest book “a dazzlingly dark and engaging tale full of heartbreak, treachery and surprise.” 

Sophfronia is the award-winning author of multiple fiction and nonfiction books, including The Seeker and the Monk, This Child of Faith and Love’s Long Line. Her essays, short stories and articles have appeared in various publications, including Time, The New York Times, Yankee magazine, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard University and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she is the founding director of Alma College’s MFA in creative writing program. In 2020, she served as a keynoter at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.