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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Emma Loffhagen

The Salt Path author published earlier book under alias, despite debut claims

Author Raynor Winn in Polruan, Cornwall in 2018.
Author Raynor Winn in Polruan, Cornwall, in 2018. Photograph: Jim Wileman/the Guardian

Author Raynor Winn published a book under a pseudonym six years before her 2018 memoir The Salt Path, despite repeatedly describing the later work as her debut, it has emerged.

Winn received widespread acclaim for The Salt Path, including a £10,000 prize for debut writers.

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