Deborah Kay Davies
Deborah Kay Davies | |
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| Born | Pontypool, South Wales, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, educator |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry, short story, novel |
Deborah Kay Davies is a Welsh poet, writer, and educator. She received her PhD from Cardiff University.[1] In 2009 she received a Wales Book of the Year for English-language for the short story collection Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful (2008).[2] Her novels are True Things About Me (2010) and Reasons She Goes to the Woods (2014).[3]
Born in Pontypool, South Wales,[1] in 2014 she was living in Cardiff. She was an educator of creative writing at both Cardiff University and the University of Glamorgan.[3]
The film True Things (2021) is based on her novel, True Things About Me.
Books
[edit]- Things You Think I Don't Know, 2006, Cardigan: Parthian Books ISBN 1-90576-221-6
- Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful, 2008, Cardigan: Parthian Books ISBN 978-1-90576-290-3
- True Things About Me, 2010 (Edinburgh: Canongate Books); London: Faber and Faber, 2011 ISBN 978-0-865478541
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Deborah Kay Davies". WalesOnline. 22 April 2009.
- ^ Briscoe, Joanna (30 July 2010). "True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "The Rhys Davies Trust". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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