John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' ( The Times ). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston , The Running Hare and The Wood, and most recently he published England: A Natural History . He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow . In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life . He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.