John Selwyn Lloyd

John Selwyn Lloyd (1931 – 22 March 2023), known professionally as J. Selwyn Lloyd, was a Welsh-language author of novels for children and young adults.

Biography
Lloyd was born in Talysarn in the Nantlle Valley, a heavily Welsh-speaking area of North Wales.

Lloyd lived in Corwen. He died at a residential home in Caernarfon on 22 March 2023.

Awards

 * Tir na n-Og Award in 1977 and 1983
 * Tlws y Ddrama at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1979 for Ychydig wedi naw.
 * Mary Vaughan Jones Award in 2000

Translations

 * Saibhreas Chnoic Chaspair (Irish translation of Trysor Bryniau Caspar by Liam Mac Cóil, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1981)
 * The Mute horseman of Dragon's Bay (English translation of Mudan Porth y Ddraig by the author, Pont, 1992)