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 Dannie Abse
Jewish Welsh writer, whose work includes 12 volumes of poetry, collected in New and Collected Poems (Hutchinson, 2003), as well as several novels.
Kevin Allen
The actor/director/writer's films include Twin Town (1997) and The Big Tease (2000).
Aneirin
Bard of the ancient Britons, whose poem The Gododdin (Llanerch Press, 1994), composed around 600AD, commemorates the great battles of the Gododdin tribe.
Martin Amis
Amis's darkly funny and pungent novels include Money (Vintage, 2005) and The Information (Flamingo, 1995).
Trezza Azzopardi
The Hiding Place (Picador, 2001), about Maltese immigrants in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, was shortlisted for the Booker. Remember Me (Picador, 2005) is now out in paperback.
Russell Celyn Jones
Novels include Soldiers and Innocents (Abacus, 1998), Surface Tension (Abacus, 2002) and his new book Ten Seconds From The Sun (Little Brown, 2005).
Gillian Clarke
A distinctive female voice whose poems draw on landscape, family and Welsh myth.
Tony Curtis
Welsh poet who has published over 20 collections including The Arches (Seren, 1998).
Russell T Davies
Swansea-born writer currently breathing new life into Dr Who.
Malachy Doyle
Intense stories for children and young adults. Her latest is The Dancing Tiger (Simon & Shuster Children's Books, 2005).
Menna Elfyn
Website: www.mennaelfyn.co.uk
Political poet who describes herself as a Christian anarchist.
Peter Finch
Has published more than 20 collections, including Real Cardiff (Seren Books, 2003) and Real Cardiff Two (Seren Books, 2004).
Ken Follett
Bestselling writer of thrillers, including The Eye of the Needle (Pan, 2002) and Whiteout (Pan 2005), just out in paperback.
Iris Gower
Author of romantic novels and sagas set in Wales. Her new book is The Other Woman (Bantam Press, 2005).
Kathryn Gray
Gray's collection of poems The Never-Never was shortlisted in 2004 for the prestigious TS Eliot prize.
Helen Griffin
In this interview, the Welsh actor/playwright discusses racism in Wales, the theme of her play Flesh and Blood.
Niall Griffiths
Novels include Grits (Vintage, 2001), Sheepshagger (Vintage, 2002), and the latest, Wreckage (Jonathan Cape, 2005) – tales of gangs, drugs, drink and crime, all shot through with a Welsh romanticism.
James Hawes
Author of contemporary gangster capers including A White Merc With Fins (Vintage 1997), Rancid Aluminium (Vintage, 1998), White Powder, Green Light (Vintage, 2003), and his latest, Speak for England (Jonathan Cape, 2005).
Lloyd Jones
Idiosyncratic debut Mr Vogel (Seren, 2004) is based on an epic walk the author took around his native Wales.
Terry Jones
Ex-Python star, director and writer, with a particular interest in the Middle Ages. His latest book, however, Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror (Nation Books, 2005), illustrated by Steve Bell, is a collection of Jones's newspaper columns about the 'War on Terror'.
Gwyneth Lewis
Website: www.gwynethlewis.com
Troubled poet who also writes movingly and amusingly in prose about her own life. Lewis's latest book, Two in a Boat (Fourth Estate, 2005), is an account of an ill-advised attempt to sail across the Atlantic.
Robin Llwyd
Author of Rebel ar y We, the first volume of poetry in Welsh to be published on the web.
Allison Pearson
Columnist, TV pundit and author of I Don't Know How She Does It (Vintage, 2003).
Meic Povey
Writer of Welsh-language plays including Tair and Sylw. His latest is Life of Ryan ... and Ronnie, about a 70s Welsh entertainment duo.
Malcolm Pryce
Wrote noir spoof Aberystwyth Mon Amour (Bloomsbury, 2001) and followed it up with Last Tango in Aberystwyth (Bloomsbury, 2004) and The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth (Bloomsbury, 2005).
Deryn Rees-Jones
Writes poems full of striking characters and unexpected images. Books include The Memory Tray (Seren, 1994) Signs Round a Dead Body(Seren, 1998) Quiver (Seren, 2004).
Julian Richards
Website: www.prolificfilms.freeserve.co.uk/
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Up-and-coming screenwriter and director, whose work includes Darklands, Silent Cry and The Last Horror Movie.
Lloyd Robson
Website: www.lloydrobson.com
Performance poet-artist-musician, whose books include Cardiff Cut (Parthian Books, 2001).
Dylan Thomas
Heavy-drinking author of Under Milk Wood (Phoenix, 2004) and much more.
Ed Thomas
Playwright whose plays House of America, Song From a Forgotten City, and Gas Station Angel have been collected with three critical essays in Ed Thomas: Recent work (Parthian Books, 2002).
Rosie Thomas
Novels of love, loss and dilemmas, including Sunrise (Arrow, 2004) and Every Woman Knows A Secret (Arrow, 2004). Sun at Midnight will be published in paperback by Harpercollins in July.
RS Thomas
Poet and clergyman who was nominated for a Nobel prize. His Collected Poems 1945-1990 (Phoenix, 2000) and other works.
Alice Thomas-Ellis
Author of literary, darkly comic novels including The Summerhouse Trilogy (Virago, 2004) and God Has Not Changed (Continuum, 2004).
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