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Jo Mazelis
Jo Mazelis (born 1956) is a Welsh writer. Her 2014 novel Significance was awarded the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015. Her short story collections have been short- or long-listed for prizes, including Wales Book of the Year. She has also worked as a professional graphic designer.
Mazelis was born near Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula. She grew up in Swansea, later living in Aberystwyth and then London for over 14 years before returning to her hometown. She worked as a graphic designer for Spare Rib, Undercurrents, Women’s Review, Everywoman and City Limits. She did a Foundation Course at Swansea College of Art, and was awarded a Higher Datec Diploma from Ealing College of Higher Education, a degree in Art & English from Swansea Metropolitan University and an MA in English Literature from Swansea University.[citation needed]
Mazelis was a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Swansea University 2009-11 and is currently a lector on the Royal Literary Fund Reading Round in Swansea.[citation needed]
Mazelis's first collection of short stories, Diving Girls (2002), was shortlisted for both Wales Book of the Year and Commonwealth Best First Book.
Her second collection of stories, Circle Games (2005), was long-listed for Wales Book of the Year.
In 2014, Mazelis wrote a collection of surreal dystopian fiction for Go! Be a Bird!, a collaborative work with award-winning artist Susan Adams. She also published the novel Significance (2014), which was awarded the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.
Mazelis's third collection, Ritual, 1969 (2016), was long-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year in 2017.
In 2025 Mazelis published the novel The Forger’s Ink, looking at the story of the death of Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Shelley and daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Jo Mazelis
Jo Mazelis (born 1956) is a Welsh writer. Her 2014 novel Significance was awarded the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015. Her short story collections have been short- or long-listed for prizes, including Wales Book of the Year. She has also worked as a professional graphic designer.
Mazelis was born near Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula. She grew up in Swansea, later living in Aberystwyth and then London for over 14 years before returning to her hometown. She worked as a graphic designer for Spare Rib, Undercurrents, Women’s Review, Everywoman and City Limits. She did a Foundation Course at Swansea College of Art, and was awarded a Higher Datec Diploma from Ealing College of Higher Education, a degree in Art & English from Swansea Metropolitan University and an MA in English Literature from Swansea University.[citation needed]
Mazelis was a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Swansea University 2009-11 and is currently a lector on the Royal Literary Fund Reading Round in Swansea.[citation needed]
Mazelis's first collection of short stories, Diving Girls (2002), was shortlisted for both Wales Book of the Year and Commonwealth Best First Book.
Her second collection of stories, Circle Games (2005), was long-listed for Wales Book of the Year.
In 2014, Mazelis wrote a collection of surreal dystopian fiction for Go! Be a Bird!, a collaborative work with award-winning artist Susan Adams. She also published the novel Significance (2014), which was awarded the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.
Mazelis's third collection, Ritual, 1969 (2016), was long-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year in 2017.
In 2025 Mazelis published the novel The Forger’s Ink, looking at the story of the death of Fanny Imlay, half-sister of Mary Shelley and daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft.