Carys Davies

Carys Davies is an award-winning Welsh writer of fiction whose work spans both short stories and novels. She has won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, among other accolades. Her novels, including West and Clear, are distinguished by their elegant prose, historical settings, and quiet emotional power. Clear, set in the Scottish Highlands during the nineteenth-century clearances, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Davies's books and audiobooks reward patient readers and listeners with stories that are both intimate and expansive, exploring themes of isolation, connection, and the landscapes — both physical and emotional — that shape human experience.