Thomas Edwards or 'Twm o'r Nant' (1739-1810) was born in Llanefydd, Denbighshire, and is best known as the writer and player of a number of interludes. He wrote his autobiography in 1806 when he was 67 years old and in it he tells us that he was writing poetry and interludes before he was 9 and playing in interludes by the time he was 12 years old. This edition of his autobiography was published in 1849 as part of his complete works.