Sophie Flack (born August 8, 1983) is an American author, freelance writer and editor, and former dancer with the

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...

Early life and education

Flack was born in

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, to a family of

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background. She moved to New York City at 15 to train at The School of American Ballet. Flack joined the

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.

Personal life

She married actor

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in 2013. On December 9, 2014, she gave birth to their first child, a son. On August 22, 2018, Flack gave birth to their second child, a daughter.

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.

Works

* ''- Bunheads'' follows a 19-year-old girl named Hannah Ward as she trains as a ballet dancer for the Manhattan Ballet School. Hannah struggles with the demands of her training including maintaining weight, dealing with delayed puberty, and making free time for hobbies and love interests.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flack, Sophie 1983 births Living people People from Watertown, Massachusetts New York City Ballet dancers American ballerinas American women novelists Jewish American novelists 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Massachusetts Musicians from Massachusetts