Cynan Jones was born in Wales in 1975. He is the author of "The Long Dry" (Parthian 2006), "Everything I Found on the Beach"(Parthian 2011) and "Bird, Blood, Snow" (Seren 2013) - a retelling of the Welsh Peredur myth.
His most recent novel "The Dig" was published by Granta in 2014 and won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.
He is currently at work on another book.