I'm a London-based staff writer at The Atlantic where I cover TV, books, pop culture, and entertainment. In 2024 I won the National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism, and I was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. I'm on Instagram, and you can follow my work at The Atlantic here.

My book, Girl on Girl, was published by Penguin Press on April 29. It's had starred reviews from Publishers Weekly ("a tour de force of cultural criticism") and Kirkus. 
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It's available in the U.S. via Penguin Random House, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Apple Books. It's on Goodreads.
It's also available in Canada via McLelland & Stewart, in the U.K./Australia/NZ via John Murray Press, in Germany via Piper Verlag, and in Finland via Kosmos.

Things people have said about me:

"Finally! A woman." — George Hamilton.

"Listen, Sophie, You might be underpaid, untalented (clearly, reading this piece), overworked journalist living in an not-so-great neighborhood that reflects your position in life but don't try to drag Taylor Swift into your misery." — Million Dollar Listing New York's Ryan Serhant.

"An aesthetic critic with an eye for detail and telling anecdotes, Sophie Gilbert's voice is distinctive and powerful. From her choice of topic to her choice of perspective, she inspires thought and the reappraisal of artistic truisms." — City and Regional Magazine Award judges.

"Bring[s] clarity and insight to questions concerning gender norms, feminism, and popular culture." — Pulitzer Prize judges.