Hannah Bulloch was named the 2017 Emerging Writer in Residence for the University Book Shop (Otago) and the Robert Lord Writers' Cottage Trust, and was a 2018 Writer in Residence at the Robert Lord Writers' Cottage. She holds a PhD in social anthropology and a master's degree in creative writing, and works as a social anthropologist at the University of Otago. Overland to the Island is her first creative non-fiction book. Hannah lives in Otepoti Dunedin.