Mari Ellis Dunning

Mari Ellis Dunning (born 15 July 1993) is a Welsh writer based in Aberystwyth. Her debut poetry collection Salacia was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year in 2019. She has also published a children's book.

Early life Mari Ellis Dunning was born on 15 July 1993. She attended University of Aberystwyth, having studying for an MA degree in Creative Writing there.

Career Dunning's first solo publication was a children's book called Percy the Pom Pom Bear, published simultaneously in Welsh and English. The book was launched on 23 April 2016 at the Abergavenny Writing Festival. Later that year, Dunning won the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award with her short story 'Cartref'. Her debut poetry collection, Salacia, followed in 2018. Published by Parthian Books, Salacia was later shortlisted for the 2019 Wales Book of the Year. Pearl & Bone was named as the best collection by a Welsh poet in Wales Arts Review's 'The Best of 2022' list.

Publications

Fiction Percy the Pom Pom Bear (2016)

Poetry The Wrong Side of the Looking Glass (with Natalie Ann Holborow) (2020) Salacia (2018) Pearl & Bone (2022)