Julian Norton is a veterinarian and writer who documents his experiences working in rural Yorkshire, where he treats a diverse range of animals from domestic pets to farm livestock and exotic creatures. His books, including Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs and A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons, combine practical veterinary knowledge with warmth and humour as he recounts memorable cases and the animals and people behind them. Norton's writing brings readers into the daily realities of rural veterinary practice, revealing both the challenges and the deep rewards of caring for animals. His narratives emphasise the human-animal bond and the intricacies of rural life. Readers drawn to nature writing, animal stories, and genuine memoir will find his accounts both entertaining and enlightening.