Sian’s early years were spent in Cardiff, but at the age of fourteen she migrated to the more rural Welsh-speaking north.

Since her early twenties she has lived in Somerset, working as an archaeologist and writing plays for radio and theatre. Her radio work includes: The Little Black Dress, The Last Resort, Nothing Left To Show, and Fairy Gold (aired on Radio Wales), and The Last of the Whole Earth Policemen and The Good Fairy (broadcast on Radio 4). 

She has also written a great many short radio dramas for television, and several plays for the stage, many which have toured widely in the West of England. She is currently a co-director of the Boiling Kettle Theatre Company.

As well as different actors and audiencees, her love of folk music and singing has led her to encounter a variety of musicians and clubs over the years – and provided a rich source of research for her new book, Bohemia.