Amy Jeffs

Amy Jeffs specialises in the Middle Ages. She has a PhD in Art History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and studied for earlier degrees at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Cambridge. During her PhD Amy co-convened a project researching medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library’s department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts.

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain was published by Quercus in September 2021. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Book of the Month, as well as being shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in October 2022. Its audiobook, illustrated with 7 original songs, was named Audiobook of the Week by the Guardian and the Times. Storyland for Children was published by Hachette Kids in 2023 and Saints: A New Legendary was published by Quercus in 2024.

Amy has also coauthored with Gwen Burns, Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads which was published by Quercus in September 2025.