writer’s bio

Dilys Wyndham Thomas is a British and Belgian writer, poet and editor. Dilys was born in Belgium, grew up in Saudi Arabia, studied in France, and has since lived in Germany, Jordan, the UK and now the Netherlands. She attended City St George’s (University of London) writers’ workshop, tutored by novelist Katy Darby. Her poems, flash and short stories appear in anthologies and journals, including recent publications in Ink Sweat & Tears, New Flash Fiction Review, The Passionfruit Review and Shooter Literary Magazine. Rust & Moth nominated one of her poems for a 2026 Pushcart Prize, and her chapbook, Breakwater, was longlisted for Mslexia’s Poetry Pamphlet Competition, judged by Imtiaz Dharker. In 2022, she wrote and recorded a spoken-word piece, “Bearings,” for Women on a Roll, a prize-winning documentary short about women rollerskaters in Amsterdam. “Bearings” was subsequently released online as a stand-alone film poem. Dilys also organises writers’ workshops for Strange Birds Migratory Writing Collective and was an assistant poetry editor at Passengers Journal for several years. She is currently working on a literary novel with magical realist and horror elements set in the world of competitive freediving.