Tristan Hughes was born in Atikokan, Canada and brought up around Llangoed, Ynys Mon where he currently lives.

He completed a PhD thesis on Pacific and American literature from King’s College, Cambridge and won the Rhys Davies Short Story Award.

Tristan has published three novels and his fourth, Hummingbird, was published in autumn 2017 by Parthian. His latest novel, Shattercone, was published by Parthian in 2020.

Praise for Tristan Hughes:

‘Hughes is a very good writer, if “good writing” has to do with precision, eloquence, beauty and passionately held belief’
Times Literary Supplement

‘Pastoral, flinty and fierce’
Independent