Sophie Fox Sea

Sophie Fox Sea, also listed as Sophia Fox Sea or Sophie Irvine Fox Sea, was an American writer from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. She is best remembered for That Old-Time Child, Roberta, a late 19th-century story centered on home life on the farm.

Sources found during research also connect her with Captain Andrew McBrayer Sea and describe her as a writer active in Kentucky literary circles. A historical sketch of her life indicates that she wrote in more than one form, including prose and poetry.

Because reliable biographical material online appears limited, some details of her life are harder to confirm cleanly. What does come through clearly is her strong Kentucky identity and her lasting association with a book that preserves the feel of an earlier rural world.