Hi. My name is Dilys, and I’m a bilingual British and Belgian writer and editor writing in English. As a third-culture kid and the child and grandchild of immigrants, I inherited a strong case of wanderlust. I grew up in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, studied in France, and have since lived in Germany, Jordan, the UK, and the Netherlands. I currently live in the Dutch town of Haarlem with my husband and our two cats.

Like so many others, I rediscovered writing during the COVID pandemic. Up until that point, I had only written sporadically, at night and on weekends, only sharing my work with a few close friends. At any given time, I’ll have a handful of different writing projects on the go; multitasking somehow keeps writer’s block at bay. I am currently assembling a full poetry collection, editing a collection of interconnected short stories, writing a novel set in the world of competitive freediving, and researching a historical mystery novel about an art forger active during the Dutch Golden Age.

Since 2021, my poems, short stories, book reviews and interviews have appeared in journals and anthologies, including Beyond Words, Black Nore Review, Eunoia Review, Ink Sweat & Tears, New Flash Fiction Review, Prometheus Dreaming, Passengers Journal, Rust & Moth, San Antonio Review, Shooter Literary, The Passionfruit Review, Treehouse Literary Review, Wild Roof Journal, and Willows Wept Review.

Rust & Moth nominated my poem, “Elegy,” for a 2026 Pushcart Prize, and my poetry pamphlet/chapbook, Breakwater, which intertwines eco-poetry with an exploration of female infertility, was longlisted for Mslexia’s Poetry Pamphlet Competition in 2023. I was also an assistant poetry editor at Passengers Journal for several years and currently organise and host events and feedback groups for Strange Birds Migratory Writing Collective.