Rebecca F. John was born in 1986 and grew up on the South Wales coast. She holds a BA in English and an MA in Creative Writing from Swansea University. She has been published in Parthian's Nu: Fiction & Stuff, and the Terry Hetherington Award anthologies Cheval 4 and 5. Her short story, 'The Dog Track', was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013, and she was highly commended in the 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize. Rebecca currently works as a Ski Instructor, and enjoys painting, playing music, riding horses and visiting snowy locations. Her favourite authors include Clare Wigfall, Maggie O'Farrell, Ian McEwan and Evie Wyld.