Rhondda Author - Ron Watkins
Ron Watkins, the prolific Ynyswen author, has his 21st novel - a Western entitled, 'A Bullet for the Preacher' - published by the London publisher Robert Hale at £10.75. (November 2003)
Ron Watkins at home on the range in Ynyswen.
Ron intended putting up an exhibition in Treorchy Library of the dust jackets of his 21 novels and call the exhibition '21 Today' - but when he arrived at the library he found that it was closed indefinitely due to workmen finding asbestos in the roof... as Burns said "it was a case of the best laid plans..."
Author's Profile:
I was born in 1930 and although I’ve spent nearly all my life in
the Rhondda, the family moved to Leominster during the war and I went to
Leominster Grammar School. I obtained 9 ‘O‘levels and
3’A’ levels. I spent most of my working life in
My writing experience consists of 21 novels published plus 3 others
which
have been accepted for publication. They are a mixture of detective
stories and westerns. I am also interested in playwriting and in addition
to having had a couple of plays produced I am one of the half a dozen
regular contributors to Writing Magazine where my articles appear under
the title ‘On Stage’. I have learnt welsh and run a welsh class in
Treherbert library where I teach welsh on the computers using children’s
stories which I have written in welsh.
My favourite occupation is spending time with my six
grand-daughters. My favourite interest is collecting children’s books
– particularly ‘William’ stories. If anyone has any they would like
to get rid of they can contact me on (01443) 774283.
Ron Watkins