3 ) ▁that ▁put ▁her ▁on ▁world ' s ▁best s eller ▁lists . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁her ▁nov els ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁co pper , ▁pot tery ▁and ▁other ▁indust ries ▁of ▁Sw anse a ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁life ▁of ▁G ower . ▁ ▁I ris ▁G ower ▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁MA ▁in ▁Creative ▁Writing ▁by ▁Card iff ▁University , ▁and ▁an ▁Honor ary ▁Fellow ship ▁at ▁Sw anse a ▁University ▁( 1 9 9 9 ). ▁Alt ogether ▁she ▁wrote ▁about ▁ 4 0 ▁published ▁books , ▁including ▁ 2 6 ▁nov els . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁part ▁of ▁her ▁career ▁she ▁and ▁her ▁husband ▁settled ▁at ▁Der wen ▁F aw r , ▁Sw anse a . ▁But ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁her ▁husband ▁of ▁ 4 8 ▁years ▁died ▁after ▁a ▁stroke . ▁Later ▁I ris ▁lived ▁with ▁a ▁partner , ▁Peter ▁Sn ad den , ▁and ▁continued ▁writing . ▁She ▁remained ▁interested ▁in ▁fost ering ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁other ▁writers . ▁She ▁became ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁of ▁Liter ature ▁in ▁Sw anse a , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Sw anse a ▁Writ ers ' ▁Circle ▁wel com ed ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁novel ist ▁C atr in ▁Col lier . ▁ ▁G ower ▁is ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁" You ▁can ▁learn ▁technical ities ▁but ▁not ▁cre ativity . ▁There ▁were ▁no ▁less ons ▁when ▁I ▁started . ▁So ▁I ▁just