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First Name
Sally
Last Name
Coulthard
Country
United Kingdom
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Affiliation
Harper Collins / Bloomsbury Publishing
Website URL
www.sallycoulthard.co.uk
Keywords
rural history, countryside, natural history, nature, material culture, objects, food, farming, folklore, craft, heritage, domestication, animals, weather, coastal history
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PhD
MA

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About Me

Bestselling author and columnist Sally Coulthard has spent the last two decades writing about nature, history and heritage craft. Many of her books delve into the traditions of rural life – from artisans to agriculture – the people, plants and creatures who make the countryside tick. Sally’s work often weaves together different disciplines, pulling threads from social history, anthropology, archaeology, design, and nature writing to bring her diverse subjects to life.

She has published over thirty books and her titles have been translated into a dozen languages. She studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Oxford and worked in factual television before becoming a writer.  She lives on a smallholding in North Yorkshire.

Recent Publications
  • A Brief History of the Coast in 100 Objects HARPER COLLINS (Spring 2026)
  • The Secret World of Twilight: A Natural History of Dusk & Dawn (Head of Zeus Spring 2026)
  • Fungi Lore: The Myths, Magic and Folklore of Mushrooms (Quadrille Autumn 2026)
  • Tree Lore: The Myths, Magic and Folklore of Trees (Quadrille Summer 2026)
  • Bird Lore: The Myth, Magic and Folklore of Birds (Quadrille Spring 2025)
  • A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects HARPER COLLINS (Spring 2024)
  • A Wildlife Year QUADRILLE (Spring/Summer 2024)
  • The Book of the Frog HEAD OF ZEUS (Summer 2024)
  • The Apple: A Delicious History HEAD OF ZEUS (Autumn 2024)
  • Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate HEAD OF ZEUS (2022)
  • The Barn: The Lives, Landscape and Lost Ways of an Old Yorkshire Farm HEAD OF ZEUS (2021)
  • The Book of the Barn Owl HEAD OF ZEUS (2021)
  • Floriography: The Myth, Magic and Language of Flowers QUADRILLE (2021)
  • The Book of the Earthworm HEAD OF ZEUS (2021) (Taiwan, German)
  • A Short History of the World According to Sheep HEAD OF ZEUS
  • Superstition: The History of Common Folk Beliefs QUADRILLE
  • Crafted: A compendium of craft, artisans and the culture of making QUADRILLE
  • Little Book of Snow ANIMA
Media Coverage
National, international
Country Focus
UK
Expertise by Geography
United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Expertise by Topic
Environment, Food History, Local & Regional, Material Culture, Public History, Rural & Agrarian History