RHIAN ELIZABETH was born in the Rhondda Valley and now lives in Cardiff. In 2017, she was named by the welsh agenda as one of Wales’ Rising Stars. Rhian is a former winner of the Terry Hetherington Award, and her debut novel, Six Pounds Eight Ounces (Seren, 2014), was shortlisted for the International Rubery Prize. She is a Hay Festival Writer at Work, and a Coracle Europe International Literary Resident.
Rhian's first poetry collection, the last polar bear on earth, was published by Parthian in 2018, and charts the fallout following her diagnosis with MS. The collection also covers relationships, online dating, sex, polar bears and motherhood. In 2017, Rhian set up Word Ward: a creative writing group for people with long-term health conditions. The group is open to everyone, and meets fortnightly at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. |
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