Literary Links
Help us compile a list of authors living in Mid Wales, writers born here or novels set in the region.
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Jean Farmery, Machynlleth
Shoo Rayner
lived in Pennal in the late 80`s and early 1990`s.... now in Gloucester .
Shoo is a well known and popular childrens writer and illustrator.
Monica Lomow from Water Valley, AB., Canada
Mr. H. L. V. Fletcher. Lived in Llandrindod Wells, where he taught English at the Grammar School. Wrote fiction and non-fiction. Fiction often set in Radnorshire, in particular "Forest Inn", set on Radnor Forest.
Geraint Roberts
Two nominees:
Rod Duncan - Crime novelist of recent 'Riot' trilogy set in modern Leicester. (Backlash/Breakbeat/Burnout). Born in Aberystwyth and attended North Rd, Plascrug and Penglais schools.
Will Troughton - Local historian, published books on Aber include Aberystwyth Harbour and the excellent Aberystwyth Voices, a selection of quotes from old residents about all aspects of town life in days gone bye. Plascrug and Penglais educated and still based in Aber.
Ross Jones
Geraint Goodwin: Newtown/Llanllwchaiarn author who died in 1941, his novels "The Heyday In The Blood" and "Watch for The Morning" are set in Montgomeryshire and the Newtown area. He captures the local dialect and countryside of the early twentieth century most evocatively. Although his books are not now in print, second hand copies are still to be found, both hardback and paperback. Once referred to as a second Thomas Hardy, he creates the rural communities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with charm and humour.
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