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Sally Coulthard
Coulthard in 2021
Born (1974-09-03) 3 September 1974 (age 50)
Calverley, West Yorkshire, England
Alma mater
Years active–present
SpouseJames Gordon-Finlayson
Children3
Websitewww.sallycoulthard.co.uk

Sally Coulthard (born 3 September 1974) is an English non-fiction author. She has written books on nature, rural history and craft. [1] She has a column in Country Living.

Early life

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Sally Coulthard was born September 1974 and raised in Calverley, a village in West Yorkshire.[2] [3] After studying Archaeology & Anthropology at Keble College, Oxford, she worked in television production for a number of years before moving back to Yorkshire to become a writer.[3]

Career

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She has written more than twenty non-fiction books on nature, history and craft.[4] Sally is also a columnist for Country Living magazine.[5]

Sally is represented by Graham Maw Christie literary agents.[4]

Superstition: The History of Common Folk Beliefs [6]

Fowl Play, chicken [7]

A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects HarperNorth (a HarperCollins imprint)

Personal life

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Sally lives on a smallholding in the Howardian Hills, North Yorkshire with her husband James Gordon-Finlayson and their three daughters.[3]

Bibliography

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  • The Barn: The Lives, Landscape and Lost Ways of an Old Yorkshire Farm (Head of Zeus, 2021)
  • A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects (HarperNorth, 2024)[8]
  • The Book of the Frog (Apollo, 2024)
  • The Wildlife Year (Quadrille Publishing, 2024)
  • The Apple: A Delicious History (Apollo, 2025)[9]

Recent Bibliography

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  • 2021: Floriography: The Myth, Magic and Language of Flowers (Quadrille, 2021)[10]
  • 2021: The Book of the Earthworm (Head of Zeus, 2021)
  • 2020: A Short History of the World According to Sheep (Head of Zeus, 2020)[11]
  • 2020: Biophilia: You + Nature + Home (Quadrille, 2020)
  • 2019: The Bee Bible (Head of Zeus, 2021)
  • 2019: Superstition: The History of Common Folk Beliefs (Quadrille, 2019)
  • 2019: Crafted: A Compendium of Craft, Artisans and the Culture of Making (Quadrille, 2019)
  • 2019: The Hedgehog Handbook (Head of Zeus, 2019)
  • 2018: Little Book of Snow (Head of Zeus, 2018)
  • 2018: How to Build a Shed Laurence King, 2018)
  • 2017: The Little Book of Building Fires (Head of Zeus, 2017)
  • 2017: Studio: Creative Spaces for Creative People (Jacqui Small LLP, 2017)

References

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  1. ^ "Sally Coulthard". headofzeus.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  2. ^ "People born in September?". webb-site.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Howardian Hills, North Yorkshire — Best Places to Live in the UK 2020". The Sunday Times. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. ^ a b "Author Sally Coulthard". Graham Maw Christie Agency. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  5. ^ Coulthard, Sally (1 September 2021). "Living the good life". Country Living. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  6. ^ Dale, Sharon (3 January 2020). "Are you superstitious? Yorkshire author Sally Coulthard's new book reveals why we fear the number 13, and other folk beliefs". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ Burn, Chris (13 October 2022). "Fowl Play: Sally Coulthard's new book reveals cost of world's chicken addiction". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ Fraser, Katie (25 October 2023). "HarperNorth swoops for Coulthard's 'effortlessly readable' history of the countryside in 100 objects". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  9. ^ Nowell, Isaac (20 September 2024). "A paradise of apples: The Apple by Sally Coulthard book review". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  10. ^ Kilroy, Debbie (31 March 2021). "Floriography: The Myths, Magic and Language of Flowers, Sally Coulthard". Get History. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Interview with Sally Coulthard, author of A Short History of the World According to Sheep". Smart Thinking Books. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Category:English agricultural writers Category:English botanical writers Category:English conservationists Category:English nature writers Category:English women columnists Category:English women non-fiction writers Category:Folklore writers Category:Historians of Yorkshire Category:People from Calverley Category:Writers from Yorkshire