Imogen Rhia Herrad

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Imogen Rhia Herrad is a German writer and broadcaster. She was born in 1967 and brought up in Germany and has also lived in Wales (where she learnt Welsh) and in Argentina. She divides her time between London and Berlin, and writes in German and English.

Her short stories and articles in English have been published in magazines and anthologies in Wales, Canada and the US. ^[1] Her programmes for German public radio (in German) include pieces about the Queen of Sheba, Morgan le Fay, Zora Neale Hurston, ^[2] the Mapuche people of Patagonia, ^[3] ^[4]and the cultural histories of sheep, dragons and the apple, respectively.

Imogen’s story The Accident has been longlisted for the Raymond Carver Short Story Awards. Her children’s story The Wind’s Bride won third prize in the London Writers’ Competition. Her current projects include a crime novel set in London and Wales, and a narrative of her travels in Y Wladfa, the Welsh settlements in Patagonia.

[edit] Works

The Woman who loved an Octopus and other Saints' Tales (short stories) Seren Books (Wales) 2007^[5]
"The Accident", short story in : Safe World Gone, Honno (2007)^[6]
"Ym Mhatagonia" (In Patagonia), travel writing in: Even the Rain is Different, Honno (2004) ^[7]
"Bronwerdd", short story in: The Woman who loved Cucumbers, Honno (2002) ^[8]