Rachel Trezise

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Rachel Trezise
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Cwmparc, Rhondda, Wales
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityWelsh
Period2000–present
Notable works
  • Fresh Apples (2005)
Notable awards

Rachel Trezise (born 1978) is a Welsh author, born in Cwmparc, Wales. Her debut collection of short stories, Fresh Apples, won the inaugural Dylan Thomas Prize in 2006.

Early life

Rachel Trezise was born in Cwmparc, Rhondda in 1978. Her family is of Cornish origin. She was educated at Treorchy Comprehensive School before going on to study at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) and the University of Limerick.

Career

Trezise's first novel, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, was published by

Harpers & Queen in 2003.[1] Trezise followed up this early success with contributions to the anthologies Wales Half Welsh (Bloomsbury
, 2004), Urban Welsh: New Welsh Fiction (Parthian, 2005) and Sideways Glances (Parthian, 2005).

Trezise's second book, Fresh Apples, was a wry, gritty collection of short fiction describing life in the mining valleys of south Wales. Published by Parthian in 2005, it won the inaugural Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under 30.[2]

Trezise grew up listening to

abortion for National Theatre Wales as part of its Love Letters To The NHS season in commemoration 70th birthday of the NHS.[4]

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

  • 2007: Dial M for Merthyr, Parthian

Drama

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Trezise". BBC Wales Online. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
  2. ^ "The Dylan Thomas Prize". Retrieved 21 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Dial M for Merthyr by Rachel Tresize". Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Cotton Fingers". National Theatre Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

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