Raynor Winn
Long-distance walker and writer
Raynor Winn is an English long-distance walker and writer based in Cornwall, known for her memoir The Salt Path.
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British Born 1962 in Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom
About Raynor Winn
Raynor Winn took up long-distance walking after completing the South West Coast Path. She writes about nature, homelessness and wild camping, and lives in Cornwall with her husband Moth. The Salt Path reached the Sunday Times bestseller list in 2018, and a film adaptation was released in the UK in May 2025. It was the first winner of the Christopher Bland Prize and was also on the 2018 shortlist for the Costa Biography Award. She has also written The Wild Silence. In July 2025, a newspaper report questioned the two events that set off the journey she describes in The Salt Path.