John seymour blev født i london 12 juni 1914. Udover bogen den selvforsynende have, har John Seymour skrevet mange andre bøger.

The Hard Way to India (1951)
Boys in the Bundu (1955)
Round About India (1955)
One Man's Africa (1956)
Sailing Through England (1956)
The Fat of the Land (1961)
On My Own Terms (1963)
Willynilly to the Baltic (1965)
Voyage into England (1966)
The Companion Guide to East Anglia (1970)
About Pembrokeshire (1971)
The Book of Boswell - autobiography of a gypsy (1970)
Self-Sufficiency (1970)
Farming for Self-Sufficiency - Independence on a 5-Acre Farm (1973)
The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-West England (1974)
The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-East England (1974)
The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-East England (1975)
The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (1976)
Bring Me My Bow (1977)
Keep It Simple (1977)
The Countryside Explained (1977)
I’m A Stranger Here Myself - the story of a Welsh farm (1978)
The Self-Sufficient Gardener (1978)
John Seymour's Gardening Book (1978)
Gardener's Delight (1978)
Getting It Together - a guide for new settlers (1980)
The Lore of the Land (1982)
The Woodlander (1983)
The Smallholder (1983)
The Shepherd (1983)
The Forgotten Arts (1984)
Far from Paradise - the story of man's impact on the environment (1986)
Blueprint for a Green Planet' (1987)
The Forgotten Household Crafts (1987)
England Revisited - a countryman's nostalgic journey (1988)
The Ultimate Heresy (1989)
Changing Lifestyles - living as though the world mattered (1991)
Rural Life - pictures from the past (1991)
Blessed Isle - one man's Ireland (1992)
Seymour's Seamarks (1995)
Retrieved from the Future (1996)
Rye from the Water's Edge (1996)
Playing It For Laughs - a book of doggerel (1999)
The Forgotten Arts And Crafts (2001)
The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (2002)
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It (2003)
The Fat of the Land (2008)
I’m A Stranger Here Myself - the story of a Welsh farm (2011)