Sophie Walker is an award-winning author and garden designer. Her book The Japanese Garden is considered a seminal work on the subject and has sold approximately 50,000 copies worldwide. In 2014, Sophie became the youngest woman to design a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by the Garden Museum in London. She lives in the United Kingdom and has designed gardens around the world for some of the most renowned figures in art and architecture, including David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid.