Caryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children's writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature, and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation - with a screenplay by Caryl herself - won six Welsh BAFTAS. Her other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. In 2023, she won the Wales Book of the Year Award for the third time for her debut English novel Drift, making her the first writer ever to have won in both languages. She is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth.
A truly beautiful and haunting novel, and an incredible feat of storytelling * DONAL RYAN * A tender, unusual and gorgeously wrought love story that weaves the magic of folk lore, the wonder of the sea, and the depths of human cruelty. It moves between the worlds it inhabits like the finest piece of driftwood. * RACHEL JOYCE * In times of war, Lewis finds resilience, redemption and hope...DRIFT feels perfectly judged * OBSERVER * Captivating from the off * Huw Stephens, BBC Front Row * A truly magical and transformative novel. I loved it. * Kirsty Capes * Original and timely... [shows] the resilience of the human spirit, the tenacity and love that helps us survive. * IRISH TIMES * A heart-wrenching, all at sea read -- you are going to want this on your radar. * ERICKA WALLER *