Am yr Awdur: Rebecca F. John

Rebecca F. John was born in Llanelli. Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist (Serpent’s Tail, 2017) was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Her story ‘The Glove Maker’s Numbers’ was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2015. She won the PEN International New Voices Award 2015 and was the British participant of the 2016 Scritture Giovani project. In 2017, she was on the Hay Festival’s ‘The Hay 30’ list. Her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in Clown Shoes (Parthian, 2015). Her children’s fantasy novel The Shadow Order was published by Firefly Press in 2022. She lives in Swansea.