Manon Steffan Ros (born 19 January 1983) is a Welsh novelist, playwright, games author, scriptwriter and musician (being one half of the acoustic duo 'Blodau Gwylltion'). She is the author of over twenty children's books and three novels for adults, all in Welsh. Her award-winning novel ''Blasu'' has been translated (by the author) into English, under the title of ''The Seasoning''. In May 2021 she was described as "arguably the most successful novelist writing in Welsh at the moment".

Biography

Ros was born in Rhiwlas to musician Steve Eaves. She attended Ysgol Rhiwlas and

Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen ("Ogwen Valley School") is a bilingual secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 19 years. It is situated in Bethesda in the Ogwen valley in Gwynedd, Wales. As of 2022, there were 454 pupils on roll at the school. Some of the ...

in Bethesda. She lives in

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. She is twice winner of the Drama Medal for playwrights at the

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and won the Prose Medal in 2018. In June 2017, she won the prestigious

Tir na n-Og Award The Tir na n-Og Awards (abbreviated TnaO) are a set of annual children's literary awards in Wales from 1976. They are presented by the Books Council of Wales to the best books published during the preceding calendar year in each of three awards ca ...

for the third time, in the primary school category, presented by the

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to honour the year's best Welsh-language book. She won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod 2018, for her work ''Llyfr Glas Nebo,'' written under her nom de plume Aleloia.

Awards

*2005 and 2006

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's Drama Medal; *2010, 2012, 2017 and 2019 Welsh-language

; * 2018 Prose Medal at the

for ''Llyfr Glas Nebo''.

Bibliography

* ''Trwy'r Darlun'', Cyfres yr Onnen () (Y Lolfa, 2008) * ''Fel Aderyn'' () (Y Lolfa, 2009) * ''Trwy'r Tonnau'', Cyfres yr Onnen () (Y Lolfa, 2009) * ''Bwystfilod a Bwganod'', Cyfres yr Onnen () (Y Lolfa, 2010) * ''Prism'', Cyfres yr Onnen () (Y Lolfa, 2011) * ''Hunllef'', Stori Sydyn () (Y Lolfa, 2012) * ''Blasu'' () (Y Lolfa, 2012), adapted for English as ''The Seasoning'' (Honno Press, 2015) * ''Inc'', Stori Sydyn () (Y Lolfa, 2013) * ''Baba Hyll ()'' (Y Lolfa, 2013) * ''Dafydd a Dad ()'' (Y Lolfa, 2013) * ''Llanw ()'' (Y Lolfa, 2014) * ''Al'', Cyfres Copa (Y Lolfa, 2014) * ''Y Dyn Gwyrdd a'r Coed Teg'', Cyfres Cloch () (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2014) * ''Diffodd y Golau'', Cyfres y Geiniog, adapted for English as ''Turn Out the Light'', The Penny Series (Canolfan Peniarth, 2015) * ''Annwyl Mr Rowlands'', Cyfres y Geiniog, adapted to English as ''Dear Mr Rowlands'', The Penny Series (Canolfan Peniarth, 2015) * ''Two Faces'' (Y Lolfa, 2016), adapted for Welsh by Elin Meek (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Pluen ()'' (Y Lolfa, 2016) * ''Golygon ()'' (Y Lolfa, 2017) * ''Y Stelciwr'', Stori Sydyn (') (Y Lolfa, 2017) * ''Sara Sero'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Alun Un'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Deio Dau'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Twm Tri'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Pedr Pedwar'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Poli Pump'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Cati Chwech'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Sami Saith'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Wali Wyth'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Dilys Deg'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Rhifau Coll'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Rhifo 'Nôl ac Ymlaen'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Dyblu'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Odrifau ac Eilrifau'', Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (') (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018) * ''Fi a Joe Allen'' (') (Y Lolfa, 2018) * ''Llyfr Glas Nebo'' (') (Y Lolfa, 2018), adapted for English by the author as ''The Blue Book of Nebo'' (Firefly Press/Deep Vellum, 2021)

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