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Biographical note
Caryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children's writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco (2004) is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature, and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation - with a screenplay by Lewis herself - went on to win six Welsh BAFTAS and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2010 Celtic Media Festival. Lewis's other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. Lewis is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth. Drift is her debut novel in the English language.<p><b>A truly beautiful and haunting novel, and an incredible feat of storytelling<br /></b></p>
DONAL RYAN
<b>A tender, unusual and gorgeously wrought love story t</b>hat 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...<b>DRIFT feels perfectly judged</b>
OBSERVER
Captivating from the off
Huw Stephens, BBC Front Row
A <b>truly magical and transformative</b> novel. I loved it.
Kirsty Capes