Publishing house Penguin has said it "undertook all the necessary due diligence" before releasing The Salt Path, after a series of claims about the book's veracity. A recent Observer investigation claimed English author Raynor Winn fabricated or gave misleading information about some elements of her 2018 non-fiction best-seller.

The author of The Salt Path has described enduring some of the "hardest days" of her life as she defended her memoir against claims that parts of it were fabricated.

The author of The Salt Path has admitted she made “mistakes” during an embezzlement row with her former boss. Raynor Winn’s memoir tells the story of how the author and her husband, Moth, walked the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their home was repossessed and Moth was diagnosed with a degenerative disease.