John E. Rees is a writer based in North Wales whose historical fiction explores character, place and the forces that shape human behaviour. His work is rooted particularly in nineteenth-century Wales and draws on his interests in history, psychology and the landscapes and communities of the country.
His novel Unseen Souls follows Eliza Turner, born into poverty in industrial Dowlais, as she navigates class, hardship and expectation in search of a life of her own.
John is also the author of The Silence of the White Shadow, the first novel in The Casebook of Owain Morgan. Set in late-Victorian Wales, the series follows Professor Ieustin Owain Morgan, Professor of Mental and Moral Science at the fictional University College Morlan, whose investigations are concerned not simply with what people have done, but with the motives, pressures and acts of self-deception that made their actions possible.
Alongside his fiction, John writes essays on history, place, character and the ideas behind his work. These form part of what he calls The Human Thread: an exploration of the enduring patterns that connect history, memory and lived experience. He is also a photographer, with a particular interest in the quieter landscapes of North Wales.
