Daniel Davies
Daniel Davies was born in Ceredigion. He was educated at Llanarth Primary School and Aberaeron Comprehensive School before completing a degree and doctorate in Chemistry at Aberystwyth University. He worked in a call centre and then the building industry for a while before working as a reporter with the Cambrian News. He then moved to work as a journalist with BBC Cymru on-line. As an author, Daniel has written cutting books, many around the theme of the subculture of Aberystwyth. In 2011 he won the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the National Eisteddfod for his novel Tair Rheol Anhrefn.
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