Isa Pearl Ritchie
Isa Pearl Ritchie is a Wellington-based feminist, novelist and recovering academic with a PhD on food sovereignty in Aotearoa. She grew up as a Pākehā child in a bicultural family and Māori was her first written language.

How anxiety and illiteracy inspired a young adult fantasy series
A new fantasy series by Isa Pearl Ritchie focuses on a girl who struggles with anxiety and panic attacks. Here, Ritchie explains how her own childhood sparked Awa and the Dreamrealm.