Deborah Kay Davies

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Deborah Kay Davies
Born Pontypool, South Wales, United Kingdom
OccupationPoet, writer, educator
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry, short story, novel

Deborah Kay Davies is a Welsh poet, writer, and educator. She received her PhD from Cardiff University. [1] In 2009 she received a Wales Book of the Year for English-language for the short story collection Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful (2008). [2] Her novels are True Things About Me (2010) and Reasons She Goes to the Woods (2014). [3]

Born in Pontypool, South Wales, [1] in 2014 she was living in Cardiff. She was an educator of creative writing at both Cardiff University and the University of Glamorgan. [3]

The film True Things (2021) is based on her novel, True Things About Me.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Deborah Kay Davies". WalesOnline. 22 April 2009.
  2. ↑ Briscoe, Joanna (30 July 2010). "True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies". The Guardian.
  3. 1 2 "The Rhys Davies Trust". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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