Francesca Rhydderch (born 10 February 1969) is a Welsh novelist and academic.

She obtained a BA in Modern Languages from Newnham College, Cambridge, and a PhD in English from Aberystwyth University.

[3] Rhydderch worked as the Editorial Assistant at Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, and became Associate Editor of the magazine in 1999.

[4] As the recipient of a BBC/Tŷ Newydd bursary in 2010, she attended the creative writing course led by BBC Executive Producer Kate McAll and novelist Patricia Duncker.

[6] Rhydderch has been a Creative Writing Associate Professor at Swansea University since 2015.