Sioned Erin Hughes lives in Boduan, near Pwllheli. She graduated in Sociology and Welsh at Bangor University, before following a Master’s course in Creative Writing. She won the Crown at the Urdd Eisteddfod 2018 and came second for the Drama Medal at the Urdd Eisteddfod 2022. She was the editor and curator of the book Byw yn fy Nghroen, which won the Tir na n-Og Award in 2020. She wrote a book for children, Y Goeden Hud, at the beginning of the first big lockdown in 2020. This is her first book for adults – a book that won her th Prose Medal in Ceredigion this year.