Dr. Rhiannon Hooson is a Welsh poet and author. She has an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors, and her first book, The Other City (Seren, 2016), was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year. She has performed at literature festivals across the UK, and her work has been featured in the Guardian, Magma, and Poetry Wales among others. She has a PhD in poetry from the University of Lancaster, and spent time living and working in Cumbria and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, before settling in the Welsh marches.