Frances Roberts Reilly

Frances Roberts-Reilly was born on the Welsh border and grew up in England. She's of mixed-heritage Welsh Gypsy-English, a direct descendant of Abram Wood and the notable family of Welsh triple harpists, fiddlers and storytellers.

Frances has an international profile as a Romani writer. True to the spirit of the Romani diaspora most of the poems in Parramisha have already been published internationally in well regarded anthologies in Canada, U.S., U.K., Wales and Europe. Having recently been invited to contribute to the Central European University in Budapest’s Journal of Critical Romani Studies she submitted an excerpt from her memoir, Underground Histories. Her play Mad Gwen was produced at She Speaks. Women's work – Women's words. A Celebration of International Women's Day in Waterloo, Ontario. Artwork in Parramisha is by Hungarian Romani-Canadian Ildiko Nova who is an award winning human rights activist.

Her first poetry book is Green Man published in the Stanza Series by The Ontario Poetry Society. The League of Canadian Poets featured her poems for National Poetry Month and Fresh Voices online.

Frances has made media appearances as a guest author on CBC Radio and WSRQ Radio, Sarasota. She is a co-host and Feature Producer on CKWR FM 98.5 Community Radio’s show Promenade.

Frances lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. She is married with two granddaughters, Luna and Isobel. She loves to travel and often visits Wales and England.