Russ Williams was raised in the predominantly Welsh-speaking town of Caernarfon in North Wales. As a child, he was a member of a Welsh national writing group called Sgwad Sgwennu. He graduated from University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (now Cardiff Metropolitan University) with a BA in Sociology & Popular Culture in 2010.

 

After that he moved back up north, got a diploma in Freelance Journalism and became Press Officer for MYC Porthmadog Rowing. He then spent two years in Australia, at one point securing an internship with the Herald Sun, Australia's biggest-selling newspaper.

 

He now resides in Cardiff, where he continues to write. He was a member of Roath Writers, a Cardiff-based writing group, through whom he published his first short story via the group's annual anthology in 2015.

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Where the Folk became his first traditionally published book in 2024.