William David Owen

William David Owen (21 October 1874 – 4 November 1925), born William Owen, was a Welsh writer best known for his novel Madam Wen (White Lady).

Early life Owen was born at Ty Franan in Bodedern, Anglesey. He initially studied to be a teacher in Bangor, leading to him teaching in Clay Cross in Derbyshire, before studying law. Following a period of illness he returned to Anglesey and took up writing, contributing to a brochure advertising Rhosneigr.

Publications Madam Wen was published in book form in 1925, but it had first appeared as a serial in the Welsh-language newspaper y Genedl Gymraeg (The Welsh Nation) in 1914. The first printed English edition of the story was published in an abridged form in October 2009, in a biographical work about the author by T. T. M. Hale, entitled The Rhosneigr Romanticist.