Dave Lewis is a working-class writer, poet and photographer based in Pontypridd. He’s always lived in Wales except for a short spell in Kenya in 1993-94. He writes content for and still maintains many websites. He’s worked for BBC Wales, written local newspaper columns and been published in several literary magazines and websites all over the world. His short story ‘Onions’ was a runner-up in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition in 2009. His short story ‘Pachyderm Hiraeth’ was longlisted in the Royal Society of Literature’s V.S. Pritchett Award 2024.
He has produced over twenty books, including a crime thriller trilogy set in south Wales and Africa. His last novel, The Welsh Man, is another Welsh noir, gritty, urban novel set in Wales and the UK.
In 2007, he set up the first-ever Welsh Poetry Competition, an international poetry competition aimed at encouraging the wealth of creative writing talent that exists in Wales and beyond.
He also runs the International Poetry Book Awards, a poetry book contest aimed at indies, self-published poets, small presses and independent publishers.
