John Connell is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, film producer & farmer.

His work as a journalist has appeared around the world, from ABC in Australia, where he won two Walkleys in radio journalism, to TV documentaries. He is the author of the award-winning and number-one bestsellers The Cow Book, The Running Book and his latest instant number 1 bestseller, 12 Sheep -Life Lessons from a lambing season.

He is currently in development on a documentary on the cow for RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, and in between his writing projects, he farms on his family's organic beef and sheep farm in County Longford in the Irish midlands.

He is the co-founder and co-director of Granard booktown festival. A booktown in the heart of Ireland.