Sarah Reynolds is a bilingual writer. Originally from Surrey, she moved to Carmarthenshire in 2009, where she learned Welsh and began writing in both English and Welsh.
Her debut English-language novel, Traces of Alys, is published by Honno in October 2026. A literary crime novel exploring identity, memory, family and belonging, it was runner-up in the Bridport Novel Prize and longlisted for the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize.
Sarah is also the author of two Welsh-language books, Dysgu Byw and Cyffesion Saesnes yng Nghymru. Her short fiction has won the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition, and her award-winning story Catch of the Day was adapted into the Welsh-language film Helfa’r Heli, which won Best Short Film at the 2018 BAFTA Cymru Awards. She has also written drama for BBC Radio Cymru.
Sarah holds an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing and teaches at Swansea University. Before becoming a writer and academic, she worked in television production and development.
She lives in Carmarthenshire with her family.
