Rowan Bishop
Rowan now lives in Wanaka, at the opposite end of the Clutha river she grew up in. She lives with her husband Russell and a wire hair fox terrier, Louie. Two of their four children live in the Wanaka area with three of their seven grandchildren.
Rowan and Russell have spent many years tramping in the mountains of the south and are now enjoying more time to spend with family, and also walking, reading, writing, the company of good friends and cooking in the third age.
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Rowan Bishop has had six cookbooks published by David Bateman Ltd, mostly vegetarian or with an emphasis on plant-based food. She has published hundreds of newspaper columns on food in particular, some on travel, and a few in magazines such as the 'Listener' and 'Wilderness."
"Double Whammy" is a memoir published through Renaissance Press and is about her family's experience and survival of a terminal diagnosis of cancer for her husband, Russell, and her own diagnosis of breast cancer.
She has had short stories published in the past and broadcast by Radio NZ.