Authors & Writers

Sarah Hewett

Devon author of two books on Devon dialect, customs and folk-lore, The Peasant Speech of Devon (1892) and Nummits and Crummits (1900).

Simon Butler

Founding director and trustee of the Dartmoor Trust, which runs the Dartmoor Trust Archive of historic photographs; author of books drawing on the archive and co-author of Dartmoor, New Horizons.

Simon Dell

Former Tavistock police officer, MBE, and founder of Moorland Guides and the Dartmoor Walking Festival, who has written more than 20 books on Dartmoor's history and heritage.

Simon Tozer

Devon novelist and non-fiction author whose fiction and Swim, Walk & History guides are inspired by Dartmoor's legends and rivers.

Sir Basil Thomson

Sir Basil Home Thomson (1861-1939) was a colonial administrator and prison governor, later head of the CID at Scotland Yard, who wrote The Story of Dartmoor Prison (1907).

Sophie Pierce

For many years Sophie was a reporter for BBC South West, covering all manner of stories for the radio and TV. She left in 2020 and now writes full time.

Sue Viccars

Morchard Bishop, Crediton

Freelance outdoor writer, editor and photographer specialising in southwest England, particularly Dartmoor and Exmoor.

The Dartmoor Podcast - George Wall

Not a Podcast! A series of short documentaries on all things Dartmoor: myths and legends, history, nature, wild camping, literature, interesting local people, and more!

Thomas Westcote

Thomas Westcote of Raddon, Shobrooke: seventeenth-century Devon historian and topographer, author of A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX.