# Rachel Trezise

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**Rachel Trezise** (born 1978) is a Welsh author. Her debut collection of short stories, *Fresh Apples*, won the inaugural [Dylan Thomas Prize](/source/Dylan_Thomas_Prize) in 2006.

## Early life

Rachel Trezise was born in [Cwmparc](/source/Cwmparc), [Rhondda](/source/Rhondda) in 1978. Her family is of [Cornish](/source/Cornish_people) origin. She was educated at [Treorchy Comprehensive School](/source/Treorchy_Comprehensive_School) before going on to study at the [University of Glamorgan](/source/University_of_Glamorgan) (now the [University of South Wales](/source/University_of_South_Wales)) and the [University of Limerick](/source/University_of_Limerick).[1]

## Career

Trezise's first novel, *In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl*, was published by [Parthian](/source/Parthian_Books) in 2002 while she was still a student. It received broad critical acclaim, and saw her named as a 'new face of literature' by *[Harpers & Queen](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)* in 2003.[2] Trezise followed up this early success with contributions to the anthologies *Wales Half Welsh* ([Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing), 2004), *Urban Welsh: New Welsh Fiction* (Parthian, 2005) and *Sideways Glances* (Parthian, 2005).

Trezise's second book, *Fresh Apples*, was a wry, gritty collection of short fiction describing life in the mining valleys of south Wales. Published by Parthian in 2005, it won the inaugural [Dylan Thomas Prize](/source/Dylan_Thomas_Prize) for writers under 30.[3]

Trezise grew up listening to [rock music](/source/Rock_music) in the late 1980s, and held a long ambition to write a [rockumentary](/source/Rockumentary).[4] In 2007, Parthian published *Dial M for Merthyr*, Trezise's account of her time spent on tour with Welsh rock band [Midasuno](/source/Midasuno). Trezise also contributed a short story, "On the Strip", to *The Empty Page: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth*, published by [Serpent's Tail](/source/Serpent's_Tail) in 2008. The story takes its title and inspiration from a song on [Sonic Youth's](/source/Sonic_Youth) 1992 album [*Dirty*](/source/Dirty_(Sonic_Youth_album)).

She wrote the play *Cotton Fingers* about a woman travelling from [Belfast](/source/Belfast) to [Wales](/source/Wales) for an [abortion](/source/Abortion_in_Northern_Ireland) for the [National Theatre Wales](/source/National_Theatre_Wales) as part of its *Love Letters to The NHS* season in commemoration 70th birthday of the [NHS](/source/National_Health_Service).[5]

## Bibliography

### Fiction

- 2002: *In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl*, [Parthian](/source/Parthian_Books)
- 2005: *Fresh Apples*, Parthian
- 2010: *Loose Connections*, Accent
- 2010: *Sixteen Shades of Crazy*, Blue Door
- 2013: *Cosmic Latte*, Parthian
- 2021: *Easy Meat*, Parthian

### Non-fiction

- 2007: *Dial M for Merthyr*, Parthian

## Drama

- *I Sing of a Maiden* (Theatre, [Chapter Arts Centre](/source/Chapter_Arts_Centre), 2007)
- *Lemon Meringue Pie* (Radio, [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4), 2008)
- *Jack* (Radio, BBC Radio 4, 2010)

## References

1. Exchange, Wales Lit (2025-10-15). ["Rachel Trezise"](https://waleslitexchange.org/authors/rachel-trezise). *Wales Lit Exchange*. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

1. ["Rachel Trezise"](http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/rachel_trezise/pages/biography.shtml). *BBC Wales Online*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070826232334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/rachel_trezise/pages/biography.shtml) 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 May 2007.

1. ["The Dylan Thomas Prize"](http://www.thedylanthomasprize.com). Retrieved 21 May 2007.

1. ["Dial M for Merthyr by Rachel Tresize"](http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/dial-m-merthyr--rachel-2243731). 29 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

1. ["Cotton Fingers"](https://www.nationaltheatrewales.org/ntw_shows/cotton-fingers-tour/). *National Theatre Wales*. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.racheltrezise.co.uk)
- [Munster Literature Centre](https://web.archive.org/web/20070311031624/http://www.munsterlit.ie/FOC/rachel_trezise.htm)

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