Independent Kiwi Authors
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Rochelle Maroon
Former children’s book editor and journalist, Rochelle Maroon, has turned first-time novelist with her new urban adventure for middle readers The...
Denise Fitzpatrick
As a born and bred Kiwi growing up in the South Island, Denise developed a passion for reading mysteries. She devoured Enid Blyton’s Famous Five...
B G Rogers
B.G. Rogers is a writer running (and swimming) wild in Queenstown. Primarily an author of short stories and poetry, her work has been published...
Rachel Weston
Rachel Weston’s continuing sought after first book; Bumblebees have Smelly Feet (2019) has been re-printed three times. Following are four popular...
Lyndsay-Jean Campbell
Lyndsay is a writer of historical fiction who lives in Rotorua. As an avid consumer of the genre, she enjoys the challenge of creating her own...
Keith Hill
Keith Hill works in Aotearoa-New Zealand’s film and television industries. His writing explores the intersection of literature, culture, religion,...
Tania Roberts
Tania plays with numbers by day and words by night to bring history alive with a blend of humour and love. Gifting a voice to her characters as they...
Jenny Harrison
Jenny Harrison lives in Te Aroha with her husband and Anzac, their cat. She has been writing for 25 years but has only in the past thirteen been...
Bing Turkby
Bing Turkby used to play hockey in the Massey D team, and once forgot to take his stick to a game. Ask him about guitars and he'll talk for hours....
Deryn Pittar
Deryn Pittar is an awarding author. She writes Sci.Fi., Fantasy, Romance and Young Adult, and dabbles in horror and poetry. She also enjoys writing...
Hazel Bergen
Born in the Netherlands Hazel Bergen is an author based in the Deep South of New Zealand. She writes speculative thrillers, psychological suspense...
Dr Janice Belgrave
Dr Janice Belgrave is a trained Primary School teacher with a Doctorate in Education, specialising in early literacy. She currently works as a...
Vicky Adin
As a Welsh-born, Cornish raised immigrant who married a fourth-generation Kiwi bloke with Irish, Scottish and English ancestors, Vicky developed a...
Christopher Candy
Author Christopher Candy works as a manager for Tranzit Coachlines. He has many years of bus-related experience that brings the characters of his...
Nicky Perry
Australian born, Nicky Perry is a graphic designer and mum with a background in scientific publishing and psychology. She started creating resources...
Helen Ellis
Helen Ellis, M.A. is an Auckland researcher, author, anthropologist, veteran of Distance Grandparenting and the Founder of DistanceFamilies.com....
Lynda Tomalin
Lynda Tomalin is an author of contemporary Young Adult novels with sweet romances, an emphasis on strong friendships and empowering mental health...
Amanda Giorgis
Amanda emigrated from England to the beautiful Mackenzie Basin 15 years ago. Here, where the scenery inspires and legends abound, she found, by...
Jodie Shelley
Jodie Shelley is a debut author, based in Auckland, New Zealand. She writes novels set in NZ, which are easy to read and fun, but which explore...
Jo Dawson
Jo Dawson grew up on a dairy farm in Wellsford, a small town in the North Island of New Zealand. She spent fifteen years as a teacher in New Zealand...
Kellie Dawson
Kellie Dawson is a New Zealand based human rights lawyer and mother of two, whose worries over her own son’s anxiety led her to create a resource...
Rosalind Potter
I am an Author, Outdoor Lover and Mum. I live in Christchurch and have a background in Outdoor Education, I love combining this with writing. I aim...
Elizabeth-Kirkby McLeod
If Elizabeth could travel in time she would go back to when Aotearoa New Zealand still had moa and giant eagles! Along with the Eugene’s Island book...
Jo Carson-Barr
Jo started her author journey 20 years ago after moving to the beach town of Waikouaiti, following an incredibly busy work life. Jo collaborates...
Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson is a former journalist who writes crime and historical fiction in Auckland. Tugga’s Mob, inspired by three seasons as a tour guide...
Pat Backley
Pat Backley is an author, born in England, but now happily settled in Auckland. Passionate about people and travel, she has lived a colourful and...
Tom O’Connor
Tom O’Connor is a semi- retired, “reasonably” bi-lingual journalist, historian and political commentator who has specialised in New Zealand affairs,...
