Mari Ellis Dunning lives on the western coast of Wales. Mari’s debut poetry collection, Salacia, was published by Parthian Books in 2018, and was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award in 2019. She recently became a Hay Festival Writer at Work, has had poetry published in several journals and anthologies, and has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Terry Hetherington Young Writer’s Award and the Seren Christmas Poetry Competition. Mari is currently a PhD candidate, researching the correlation between 16th century accusations of witchcraft and reproduction.