Isa Pearl Ritchie

Guest writer

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.

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How I quit my job to be a full-time writer

Isa Pearl Ritchie's books are doing so well she was able to give up her day job. How did she do it?

By Isa Pearl Ritchie | 11th January, 2024

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How I quit my job to be a full-time writer

Isa Pearl Ritchie's books are doing so well she was able to give up her day job to write full time. How did she do it?

By Isa Pearl Ritchie | 6th August, 2023

Isa Pearl Ritchie and the first of her new fantasy series.

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.

By Isa Pearl Ritchie | 25th January, 2020

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The Anzac aftershocks are everywhere, in the form of inter-generational trauma

It is easier to create perfect fictions of heroes than acknowledge their failings, vulnerability and the suffering they caused. But maybe if we stop just seeing the dark stuff as personal, we can really start to deal with it, writes Isa Ritchie

By Isa Pearl Ritchie | 24th April, 2018