'Went out, got pissed. Same shit, different day.'

Rachel Trezise was born in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. Her first novel, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, was a winner of the Orange Futures Prize. Her short fiction collection, Fresh Apples, won the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize and her rock travelogue, Dial M for Merthyr, was published in 2007. Her work has been translated into several languages. She is married and still lives in Wales.