Rhidian Brook is an award-winning novelist, screen and short story writer. His first novel, The Testimony Of Taliesin Jones (Flamingo, Harper Collins) won the 1997 Somerset Maugham Award, A Betty Trask Award and The Author’s Club Award. The Testimony Of Taliesin Jones was made into a film starring Jonathan Pryce and the late Ian Bannen. Penguin USA published the novel in America, Jan 2002. His second novel Jesus And The Adman (Flamingo, Harper Collins) was published in 1999 to laudatory reviews. His novels have been translated into French and Portuguese. Rhidian has also had a number of short stories published, recorded and performed. His first story was a winner in the 1991 Time Out Short Story Competition. His second story was a winner in the Ian St James Awards. This story – No Confetti, Please - was optioned for film. He has had stories published in The Paris Review, Punch, The New Statesman, Good HouseKeeping, You Magazine, Woman’s Journal, Sunday Express Magazine and Time Out; and had seven stories recorded and broadcast for BBC Radio 4’s Short Story. In March 2003, Rhidian was commissioned to write a feature film for Momentum Pictures, based on his own idea, entitled Born Again Crooks. His first Television commission Mr Harvey Lights A Candle was broadcast to superlative reviews on BBC1 at Easter 2005 and starred Timothy Spall. He has written episodes for the BBC series Silent Witness. He is currently writing a series idea for Channel 4 and a film based on his journey through the AIDS pandemic for ITV. Rhidian has also freelanced as a journalist, writing on a variety of subjects, including, faith, social issues and education. He has written articles for The Observer, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph. In Easter 2005, he presented Nailing The Cross a documentary for BBC1 about the symbol of the meaning of cross to British culture. He has been a contributor to Radio 4’s Thought For The Day Programme and his thought on the day of Live8 was personally singled out by Bob Geldof and published in the book commemorating that day. In 2006 he broadcast a series In The Blood for BBC World Service, recording his family’s journey through the AIDS pandemic and work with the Salvation Army. He is writing a book about that journey called More Than Eyes Can See to be published by Marion Boyars July 2007.