Liv Sisson

Fungi of Aotearoa: A curious forager’s guide (Penguin NZ) by Liv Sisson captured a public mood and became a major commercial success. It was the joint Booksellers’ Choice of the Year Winner at the 2023 Book Industry Awards.

Liv Sisson’s second book Butterflies and Moths of Aotearoa is out in November 2026.

NVA judge Louise Ward says Liv’s writing makes you want to get outside and stick your face into the bush. ‘Her descriptions of fungi have an almost Steinbeckian, zoom-in quality; you can smell and taste the landscapes through this writing and end up being ‘bemushroomed’ along with her.’