Shona Riddell
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Shona Riddell

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Shona Riddell is a writer from Wellington, New Zealand. She enjoys cold, windy weather and writing about remote locations by the sea.

Over the past 20 years Shona has worked as a journalist, freelance writer, content marketer, teacher and author. She has written three history books: 'The Tale of the Anzac Tortoise' (2014), 'Trial of Strength: Adventures and Misadventures on the Wild and Remote Subantarctic Islands' (2018), and 'Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women' (2020).

Reviews for 'Guiding Lights':

'Guiding Lights is a beautiful, clever book, capturing the stark, wave-lashed ruggedness of lighthouse-keeping.'
– Kete Books

'This past week I’ve been obsessed with reading Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women by Shona Riddell. Many of these doughty women did it tough, not just as helper to their lighthouse keeper spouse, but often running the show.'
– The Australian

'A unique, eloquent, and impressively informative study.'
– Midwest Book Review

'This fascinating book is highly recommended.'
– Australian National Maritime Museum

Reviews for 'Trial of Strength':

‘Beautifully illustrated, this is a fascinating story of unique
plants and wildlife, wild weather and tenacious explorers.’
— Grass Roots magazine

‘Riddell writes in a way that will both engage people who know
little of the islands and evoke a sense of place for those who
have been there.’
— Otago Daily Times

‘ … kept me glued to the pages from beginning to end.’
— Booksellers NZ

‘Her richly illustrated book is a lively study of the ecological and
human history of these wild but unquestionably fascinating
places. Riddell has a gift of revealing the personalities who
arrived — willingly or otherwise — on these remote shores.’
— The Listener magazine

'Every page of this delightful book brings a new story ... every
photograph a feast for the senses.'
— Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School

‘A wonderful, wonderful book ... introducing us to a part of the
world that many of us probably didn't even know existed.’
— ABC Nightlife

Visit shonariddell.com for more information.
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