Mari Ellis Dunning (born 15 July 1993) is a Welsh writer based in Aberystwyth.
[4] Later that year, Dunning won the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award with her short story 'Cartref'.
[1] In an interview with The Cardiff Review, Dunning revealed that the collection "is filled with poems centred on my own experiences, mental health, and narrative poems in the voices of various women whose stories I was completely compelled to tell.
The collection deals with pregnancy and early motherhood, as well as telling the stories of different women across history (including poems in honour of Christine Keeler, whose image features on the book's cover).
[6] Pearl & Bone was named as the best collection by a Welsh poet in Wales Arts Review's 'The Best of 2022' list.