Burnham, Sophie
Entry updated 6 October 2025. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US author whose Ex Romana sequence beginning with Sargassa (2024) is set in an Alternate History North America whose Jonbar Point unpacks from the Roman exploration of the Atlantic during the reign of Augustus Caesar (63 BCE-14 CE), and the consequent establishment of Roma Sargassa. After much history, including a Pandemic followed by a planetary Long Night, a complex family-irradiated dynasty proves vulnerable to dissent. This novel won a long-form Sidewise Award. The second volume is Bloodtide (2025).
Burnham should not be confused with the US author Sophy Burnham (1936- ). [JC]
Sophie Burnham
born Middletown, Rhode Island
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Ex Romana
- Sargassa (New York: DAW Books, 2024) [Ex Romana: hb/Rebecca Yanovskaya]
- Bloodtide (New York: DAW Books, 2025) [Ex Romana: hb/]
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