Gwyneth Lewis, the inaugural National Poet of Wales 2005-06, is an award-winning poet in both Welsh and English. Her latest book, Sparrow Tree (Bloodaxe, 2012), won the Roland Mathias Poetry Award. Her two memoirs are Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression (Flamingo, 2003) and Two in a Boat (Fourth Estate, 2005).