Claxton

Mark Cocker is an author and naturalist whose fourteen books include works of biography, history, literary criticism and memoir. Crow Country was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008 and won the New Angle Prize for Literature in 2009. A Claxton Diary won the East Anglian Book of the Year Award in 2019, and his most recent book, One Midsummer’s Day, was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award 2023.

"After Mark Cocker's glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again." -- Philip Hoare New Statesman "If your eye has ever been caught by a moth, owl, jay or ash tree, Claxton has something new to tell about it, about Britain, and about life - which is an infinite compilation of exquisite detail." -- Horatio Clare, 5 stars Daily Telegraph "The book is spectacular... Brilliant natural-history writing." -- Jonathan Wright Herald "At once charming and unsentimental, these short pieces educate and delight." -- Stephanie Cross, 5 stars Lady "Cocker is a sharp-eyed, knowledgeable and accessible writer... Makes one look again at the world outdoors with renewed awe and wonder." -- Ben East Metro