About Richard Gwyn

Richard Gwyn was born and grew up in south Wales. While studying anthropology at the London School of Economics, he harboured ambitions as a poet and made several luminary appearances at punk gigs in the late 1970s, including a memorable support act to The Cure. He moved to Crete and bought a six-metre fishing boat, describing himself as a refugee from Thatcherism. For the next nine years he travelled on and around the Mediterranean forming enduring links with people, places and wooden boats. However, after a long, revelatory walk across northern Spain, he decided to return to Wales. His first novel, The Colour of a Dog Running Away (2005), set in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona, is published by Parthian in the UK, Doubleday in the USA, and has been translated into several languages. His second novel, Deep Hanging Out (2007) is published by Snowbooks.