My name is Siôn Smith (that’s Welsh and is pronounced Shaun, but I’ll answer to anything if there’s coffee involved). I write words longhand with a Waterman and acoustic songs with a Gretsch and a Blackwing pencil.

Before focusing on books, I spent over fifteen years working as a magazine editor, writing and commissioning work rooted in pop culture and identity. That background still shapes how I think about stories, audiences, and how ideas find their way into the world.

I get my kicks from books and music (natch), old monster movies, airports and coffee, run a minimalist mindset and own just twelve things because you should never own so much that you can't leave town in 24 hours with your world in the back of the car… including your dog.

I don’t do social media. You’re more likely to find me handing out flyers or postcards outside a bookshop, somebody else’s event or putting a sticker somewhere I shouldn’t.

Music wise, I get around in my own time and to my own schedule, but I can be found if you know where to look.

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