Raynor Winn

== Writing career ==

== Writing career ==

Winn's autobiographical first book, ''[[The Salt Path]]'', at once a memoir, a piece of [[nature writing]] and a [[travel book]], was shortlisted for the 2018 [[Wainwright Prize]],<ref name=penguin>{{cite book |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309419/the-salt-path-by-winn-raynor/9781405937184 |publisher=Penguin Books |title=Raynor Winn {{!}} The Salt Path |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> and the [[2018 Costa Book Awards]]<ref name=penguin/> in the biography category. The judges described it as "An absolutely brilliant story that needs to be told about the human capacity to endure and keep putting one foot in front of another."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.costa.co.uk/media/513661/full-book-awards.pdf |publisher=Costa Book Awards |title=2018 shortlists for all categories |date=22 November 2018 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In May 2019 the book won the inaugural [[RSL Christopher Bland Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsliterature.org/2019/05/rsl-christopher-bland-prize-2019-winner-announced/ |work=[[Royal Society of Literature]] |title=RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2019 – winner announced |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In September 2019 it was the bestseller in UK independent bookstores.<ref name=bookseller>{{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/raynor-winns-next-novel-announced-michael-joseph-showcase-1089881 |work=[[The Bookseller]] |title=Raynor Winn's next novel revealed at Michael Joseph showcase |first=Heloise |last=Wood |date=27 September 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

Winn's first book, ''[[The Salt Path]]'', marketed as a memoir, a piece of [[nature writing]] and a [[travel book]], was shortlisted for the 2018 [[Wainwright Prize]],<ref name=penguin>{{cite book |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309419/the-salt-path-by-winn-raynor/9781405937184 |publisher=Penguin Books |title=Raynor Winn {{!}} The Salt Path |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> and the [[2018 Costa Book Awards]]<ref name=penguin/> in the biography category. The judges described it as "An absolutely brilliant story that needs to be told about the human capacity to endure and keep putting one foot in front of another."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.costa.co.uk/media/513661/full-book-awards.pdf |publisher=Costa Book Awards |title=2018 shortlists for all categories |date=22 November 2018 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In May 2019 the book won the inaugural [[RSL Christopher Bland Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsliterature.org/2019/05/rsl-christopher-bland-prize-2019-winner-announced/ |work=[[Royal Society of Literature]] |title=RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2019 – winner announced |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In September 2019 it was the bestseller in UK independent bookstores.<ref name=bookseller>{{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/raynor-winns-next-novel-announced-michael-joseph-showcase-1089881 |work=[[The Bookseller]] |title=Raynor Winn's next novel revealed at Michael Joseph showcase |first=Heloise |last=Wood |date=27 September 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

Winn's subject matter includes nature, [[homelessness]] and [[wild camping]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/speaker/raynor-winn/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705201954/https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/speaker/raynor-winn/ |work=Penzance Literary Festival |title=Raynor Winn |archive-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> Her second book, ''The Wild Silence'', was published by [[Penguin Books|Michael Joseph]] in September 2020.<ref name=bookseller/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/30/the-wild-silence-by-raynor-winn-review-in-search-of-healing-and-home |work=[[The Observer]] |title=The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn review – in search of healing and home |first=Adrian |last=Tempany |date=30 August 2020 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2021 [[Wainwright Prize]] for Nature Writing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sethi-winn-and-rebanks-shortlisted-wainwright-prize-1274286 |work=The Bookseller |title=Sethi, Winn and Rebanks shortlisted for Wainwright Prize |first=Ruth |last=Comerford |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In 2020, the South West Coast Path made Winn a "charity ambassador", describing ''The Salt Path'' as "hugely popular" and "inspiring so many" to walk the path.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raynor Winn |url=https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/love-the-coast-path/our-supporters/ambassadors/raynor-winn/ |publisher=South West Coast Path |access-date=7 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202449/https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/love-the-coast-path/our-supporters/ambassadors/raynor-winn/ |archive-date=22 September 2020 |date=2020 |quote=The Salt Path is a Sunday Times bestseller and is hugely popular amongst all lovers of the Path, inspiring so many to follow in her footsteps.}}</ref>

Winn's subject matter includes nature, [[homelessness]] and [[wild camping]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/speaker/raynor-winn/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705201954/https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/speaker/raynor-winn/ |work=Penzance Literary Festival |title=Raynor Winn |archive-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> Her second book, ''The Wild Silence'', was published by [[Penguin Books|Michael Joseph]] in September 2020.<ref name=bookseller/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/30/the-wild-silence-by-raynor-winn-review-in-search-of-healing-and-home |work=[[The Observer]] |title=The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn review – in search of healing and home |first=Adrian |last=Tempany |date=30 August 2020 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2021 [[Wainwright Prize]] for Nature Writing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sethi-winn-and-rebanks-shortlisted-wainwright-prize-1274286 |work=The Bookseller |title=Sethi, Winn and Rebanks shortlisted for Wainwright Prize |first=Ruth |last=Comerford |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In 2020, the South West Coast Path made Winn a "charity ambassador", describing ''The Salt Path'' as "hugely popular" and "inspiring so many" to walk the path.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raynor Winn |url=https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/love-the-coast-path/our-supporters/ambassadors/raynor-winn/ |publisher=South West Coast Path |access-date=7 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202449/https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/love-the-coast-path/our-supporters/ambassadors/raynor-winn/ |archive-date=22 September 2020 |date=2020 |quote=The Salt Path is a Sunday Times bestseller and is hugely popular amongst all lovers of the Path, inspiring so many to follow in her footsteps.}}</ref>