Tony BianchiTony Bianchi came from Tyneside and lived in Wales for many years, most recently in Cardiff. Most of his fiction was written in Welsh. Pryfeta (Y Lolfa, 2007) won the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize and Dwy Farwolaeth Endaf Rowlands (Gomer 2015) the Natioa Eisteddfod Prose Medal. His other novels are Esgyrn Bach (Y Lolfa, 2006), Chwilio am Sebastian Pierce (Gomer, 2009), Ras Olaf Harri Selwyn (Gomer, 2012), Sol a Lara (Gomer 2016) and, in English, Bumping (Alcemi, 2010), Daniel’s Beetles (Seren 2011) and Harry Selwyn’s Last Race (Parthian, 2015). He has also published a volume of short stories, Cyffesion Geordie Oddi Cartref (Gomer, 2010), which was long-listed for Wales Book of the Year. Several of these stories were translated especially for this collection. Tony died, aged 65, in July 2016, whilst Staring Back at Me was being edited. He leaves an enormous gap in the literature of Wales, for which he worked tirelessly, with the enthusiasm and delight he brought to every aspect of his life. Read More Read Less