Mari Ellis Dunning

Mari Ellis Dunning’s debut poetry collection, Salacia, was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2019. She has since placed second in both the Lucent Dreaming Short Story Competition and the Sylvia Plath Poetry Prize. Her second collection, Pearl and Bone, was chosen as Wales Arts Review’s Number 1 Poetry Choice of 2022. Her debut novel, Witsh, a gothic novel exploring the witch trials of 16th century Wales, is available from Honno. Mari teaches at Aberystwyth University, where she delivers courses on feminist writing.

Mari is represented by Laura Williams at Greene and Heaton.