Cosmic Latte

Rachel Trezise's semi-autobiographical novel In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl was published in 2000, to critical acclaim and a place on the Orange Futures List, is studied in Welsh Universities and at the University of Montreal. Her short story collection Fresh Apples, won the inaugural Dylan Thomas Prize in 2006. Trezise was writer in residence at the University of Texas in spring 2007. Dial M for Merthyr won the inaugural Max Boyce Prize in 2010. Her radio play Lemon Meringue Pie was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Sixteen Shades of Crazy was published by Blue Door in 2010. Her work has been translated into several languages and published all over the world.

'Another top-notch book from a first-class writer' The Short Review 'A multi-layered, deeply imagined piece of fiction' Wales Arts Review 'Cosmic Latte is 'a mix of oddball characters drawn in deft comic strokes, underpinned by sensitive insight into the more complicated nuances that drive their personal desires and ambitions.' New Welsh Review 'Rachel Trezise's stories are raw and honest, heartbreaking and hilarious. She's a champion of the dispossessed, the off kilter and the lost.' Willy Vlautin.