Jenny Landreth

Jenny Landreth is an editor and writer. She is the author of Great Trees of London (Time Out Publications) and Swimming London (Aurum Press, 2014). Jenny was the main contributor to the Guardian’s weekly swimming blog, writing on everything from pool rules, to swimming with children, and where to swim in New York.

In May 2017, Bloomsbury published Swell: a Waterbiography, Jenny's part memoir, part social history of women swimmers and how they were denied access to public swimming for generations. Swell was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and was named as The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year.

In 2020, Chatto published Jenny’s new book, Bad Rep, which explored "what our love of am dram says about us as a nation, why amateur theatre is important, and how it could change your life".

Jenny is a script editor on popular CBeebies series, Hey Duggee, and writes the associated books. Jenny lives in London. When she’s not in, you’ll find her at Tooting Lido, Europe’s largest cold water pool, and her spiritual home. 

“With spot-on injections of humour and a frequently raised sardonic eyebrow, joy and warmth shine from this fascinating and funny book” - Jo Brand

"Landreth's writing is accessible and down to earth, with wonderful asides" - The Times Literary Supplement