Isa Pearl Ritchie is a Wellington-based writer. She grew up in the Waikato as a Pākehā child in a bicultural family and Māori was her first written language. She has completed a PhD on food sovereignty in Aotearoa. She is passionate about food, wellbeing and social justice. Her second novel, Fishing for Māui, will be published in July 2018.
One in every four people in Aotearoa struggles with literacy, Isa Pearl Ritchie shares her personal story.