Lawton, Jocelyne

Jocelyne Lawton is a ’laboratory technician turned naturalist’ and an enthusiastic self-taught photographer.  She is married to a countryside warden and lives in the Bryngarw Country Park near Bridgend, where many of the photographs in this book were taken.  She has two cats, Benedic and Beatrice, who often accompany her on her photographic trips.  ’Flowers and Fables’ is her first book.

Lewis, Alun

Alun Lewis, (1915-1944), the remarkable poet and short story writer, died, aged twenty-eight, in Burma in the Second World War. Some critics see him as the last of the great Romantic poets, a twentieth century Keats. Others describe his poetry as the path from pre-war Yeats and Auden to post-war poets like Hughes and Gunn. In Wales there are those who think his greater versatility and finer intelligence place him above his contemporaries Dylan Thomas and R.S. Thomas. Born and brought up near Aberdare in south Wales, Lewis read history at Aberystwyth and Manchester. After a brief period teaching and despite pacifist inclinations, he enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He later joined the South Wales Borderers and was posted to India. Becoming a soldier had a stimulating effect on Lewis's writing: Raiders' Dawn, a collection of forty-seven poems, appeared in 1942 and early in 1943, The Last Inspection, a book of short stories, was published, both to considerable critical acclaim. Lewis died in an accident on active service in Burma in 1944. His second volume of poems, Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets, was published in 1945 and his Indian short stories, together with some letters, in In The Green Tree (1948).

Lewis, Gweno

Gweno Lewis was brought up in Aberystwyth in Wales and, like her husband, was educated at the town's University College. In 1938 she joined Mountain Ash Grammar School as a Deputy Headmistress in 1974 when she returned to the family home in Aberystwyth. She met Alun Lewis in 1939. Gweno Lewis has previously edited Letters from India (1946) with Professor Gwyn Jones; In the Green Tree (1948); and Selected Poems of Alun Lewis (1981) with Jeremy Hooker.

Lewis, Margaret

Margaret Lewis was born in Northern Ireland and educated at the Universities of Alberta, Leeds and Newcastle upon Tyne. She is a writer and a contributor to public relations at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In addition to her short stories broadcast on the radio and published in anthologies, she is the author of the biography Ngaio Marsh: A Life (Chatto, 1991).

Lewis, Saunders

Writer and scholar Saunders Lewis (1893-1985) is one of the most significant and controversial figures in Welsh life of the last century. A founder of the Welsh Nationalist Party, Lewis went to prison and sacrificed his academic and artistic career for the cause.

Ley, Gary

Gary Ley is a sculptor's assistant, who lives in Rhossili on the Gower. Taking Ronnie to the Pictures was a runner-up in Seren's First Novel Competition.

Liardet, Tim

Tim Liardet was born in London and educated at the University of York. He has travelled extensively and worked in the fields of Information Technology and Marketing. Widely published, he currently works as a freelance writer, editor and tutor

Llewellyn, David

David Llewellyn was raised in Pontypool and is a graduate of Darlington College of Arts. He has written scripts for the BBC and several short stories. David now lives and works in Cardiff. This is his first novel.

Llewellyn-Willians, Hilary

Hilary Llewellyn-Williams was born in Kent but made her home in west Wales for a number of years, before moving recently to Pontypool. Widely published, she has read her work in a variety of venues and taught in schools, workshops and seminars. She has also travelled in Europe and North America. Her collections for Seren are The Tree Calendar, Book of Shadows and Animaculture.

Lloyd, Grahame

Grahame Lloyd is a freelance broadcaster and journalist and commentator. He is the author of Daffodil Days, Glamorgan's Glorious Summer, C'Mon City! and Jan the Man the life story of Jan Molby.