Sophie Flack


Sophie Flack is an author, freelance writer and editor, and former dancer with the New York City Ballet.

Personal life

Flack was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, to a family of Jewish background. She moved to New York City at 15 to train at The School of American Ballet. Flack joined the New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2001, and retired from dance in 2009. Her novel Bunheads was published in 2011. Flack earned her BA from Columbia University in 2013, and married actor, Josh Charles, that same year. On December 9, 2014, she gave birth to their first child, a son named Rocco. On August 22, 2018, Flack gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Eleonor. Today Flack lives in New York City and is a freelance writer and editor.

Career

Flack danced with the New York City Ballet from 2001 until 2009. Her novel, Bunheads, inspired by her life in the corps de ballet, was published in October 2011 by Little, Brown and Company. Flack earned her BA from Columbia University in 2013. Today she is a freelance writer, editor, and journalist.

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