Dyfan Lewis was raised in Craig-cefn-parc, Swansea. He went to Cardiff University to study Welsh, and he now shares his time between the village and the city. He received one of Literature Wales’ Writers’ Bursaries in 2019, has published two poetry pamphlets, Golau (2018) and Mawr (2019). He established his own publishing company, Gwasg Pelydr, and in 2020 published a collection of essays named Amser Mynd.