Elsbeth HardieElsbeth Hardie

First time book author Elsbeth Hardie trained as a journalist and has had a career writing professionally for business clients. She is a graduate of the inaugural Creative Writing honours degree course at the University of Auckland. Elsbeth lives in Auckland but maintains strong ties to the South Island where she grew up.

Books: The Wednesday Extract – The Incredible True Story of a Girl Sent on a Convict Ship for Stealing Stockings

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Quietly, almost by stealth, Elsbeth Hardie’s family memoir The Girl Who Stole Stockings made its way to the best-seller charts this year and may well be one of the best books of New Zealand non-fiction published in 2015. It’s a brilliantly researched history of the life – and minor crime, which had far-reaching consequences – of … Read more