Iris Gower

Iris Gower is a popular Swansea-based novelist. Her historical romances are all set within Swansea and Gower in South Wales.

Born in 1939, Iris (Davies) now lives in the Gower seaside village of Mumbles. She has four adult children, though her husband of 48 years, Tudor Davies, died on April 15, 2002 after suffering a major stroke.

Iris Gower has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing by Cardiff University, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Wales, Swansea. She has written and published around 40 books.

elected works

*"The Copper Cloud" (1976)
*"The Sins of Eden" (1990)
*"Arian" (1994)
*"Copper Kingdom" (1994)
*"Emerald" (1998)
*"Heart on Fire" (2000)
*"Kingdom's Dream" (2001)
*"The Rowan Tree" (2003)
*"Halfpenny Field" (2004)

External links

* [http://www.inspirationalwales.com/InspirationalWales/Be_Inspired/Modern_Writers_Iris_Gower-I1-1_5.aspx Iris Gower] Information on modern Welsh writers