James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. His number one bestselling debut, The Shepherd's Life, won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, was also a top ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year, heralded as a ‘masterpiece’.
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