Sam Gray

Sam Gray is a writer based in Shropshire whose work explores the connections between food, farming and rural life. For nearly fifteen years she lived on a small hill farm in Shropshire, raising rare-breed pigs and sheep, collecting eggs in all weathers and discovering that animals have an uncanny habit of needing breakfast before humans.

Those years of mud, seasons and small-scale food production now shape her reflective memoir writing about sustainability, resilience and often complicated relationship with the land and animals.

Her first book, Doing It In Wellies, was published over a decade ago and documented the hopeful chaos of beginning a farming life. Her latest memoir, A Life Worth Eating, looks back on those years with honesty and warmth and a deep curiosity about the human stories behind what we eat.

Sam is currently walking the King Charles III Coastal Path, a week a month for approximately three years, documenting the journey on Facebook and Instagram. When not hiking or writing she can usually be found planning her next vegetable garden or cooking something that takes far longer than expected. She is currently plotting her next book about nature and her observations while walking the English coast.