Elidir Jones is a writer and scriptwriter from Bangor, who now lives in Pontypridd. His first novel, Y Porthwll (Dalen Newydd), was publsied in 2015. In 2019, he turned his attention to writing fiction for YA with his novel Yr Horwth, the first in a series of fantasy novels, Chwedlau’r Copa Coch (Atebol). He won the Children and Young People category in the Wales Book of the Year Awards 2020. The second in the series, Melltith yn y Mynydd, will be published early in 2021.
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