Tastemaker
Author and podcaster Sophie White: I studied sculpture before I had a nervous breakdown in 2007 at 22 and never made art again
The award-winning writer originally wanted to be an artist, but is now one of the country’s most prolific and successful novelists
Sophie White writes with such a clear, confident voice that it would be forgiveable to assume that writing was her destiny from a young age. But White always wanted to be an artist.
“I studied sculpture in the National College of Art and Design before I had a nervous breakdown in 2007 at 22 and never made art again,” she says. “After the breakdown I was a completely different person. I’ve never made it back ...
