Mark Cocker is an acclaimed author of creative non-fiction and naturalist who writes and broadcasts on wildlife in a variety of national media. His latest book One Midsummer’s Day: Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth (Cape), is a portrait of a favourite bird and a celebration of the interconnectedness of all life. He has contributed to the Guardian country diary for 37 years. His 12 other books include biography, history, literary criticism and memoir. A Claxton Diary: Further Field Notes from a Small Planet (2019) won the East Anglian Book of the Year Award and Crow Country was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and won the New Angle Prize (2009).