Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch grew up in New Quay, West Wales where she still lives. She read Classics at Cambridge followed by an M.A. in Writing at Cardiff University. She lived in Oxford, Paris and the Isles of Scilly before returning to New Quay.  She was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2005 to write her second collection, Not In These Shoes, which was published by Picador in June 2008.

Website: www.rhydderch.com