Jay Griffiths was born in Manchester and studied English Literature at Oxford University. She spent a couple of years living in a shed on the outskirts of Epping Forest and has travelled the world, but for many years she has been based in Wales.
Books in order of publication:
Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time – 1999
Wild: An Elemental Journey – 2006
Anarchipelago – 2007
A Country Called Childhood – 2013
A Love Letter from a Stray Moon – 2014
Tristimania: A Diary of Manic Depression – 2016
How Animals Heal Us – 2025
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