Rebecca F John

Rebecca F. John was born in 1986, and grew up in Pwll, a small village on the South Wales coast.  She holds a BA in English with Creative Writing (1st class hons) and an MA in Creative Writing (distinction) from Swansea University, as well as a PGCE PCET from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.  Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra.  In 2014, she was highly commended in the Manchester Fiction Prize.  In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.  She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015, and the British participant of the 2016 Scritture Giovani project.  In 2017, she was named on Hay Festival's 'The Hay 30' list.Her first short story collection, Clown's Shoes, is available now through Parthian.  Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist, is forthcoming through Serpent's Tail in July 2017.When she is not writing, Rebecca enjoys skiing, reading, sketching, watching tennis and playing music.  Rebecca lives in Swansea with her three dogs, Betsy, Teddy, and Effie.She is represented by Chris Wellbelove at Aitken Alexander.