Books by Cynan Jones

Cynan Jones was born in Wales in 1975. The Long Dry is his first published novel. He currently works freelance in the wine industry, part time on a building site and has a small wine shop in Aberaeron.He determined that at twenty-eight he would makewriting his primary drive for two years. This he did. The Long Dry is the third novel to becompleted but the first accepted for publication. It was written in a blaze of clarity in ten daysin May '05, after completing Dance to This - a novel about bin men - which will be publishedby Parthian in Spring '07.Cynan writes increasingly. His children's story 'The Piano Player's Hands' was included inRichard & Judy's Winning Stories (Chrysalis Books, 2003) as one of twenty-five winners oftheir national competition. 'The Babysitter' a section from his first novel After the Factory, wasincluded in Parthian's 'Urban Welsh' anthology to a great review from Robert Nisbet in Planet(issue 125). 'The Rabbit' won an honourable mention in the 2004 Lorian HemingwayInternational Short Story Competition and was later worked into The Long Dry. Cynancurrently lives and works near Aberaeron, Wales.Published work- 'The Piano Player's Hands' Richard & Judy's Winning Stories, Chrysalis 2004- 'The Babysitter' Urban Welsh Anthology, Parthian 2004