Who is Riley Chance?

Redundancy saved me from what would have been a tedious corporate career focused on making money. We like to believe that we would have always done the things we have done but, without redundancy, I doubt I would have written a single book or thought seriously about the society we live in.

Being unceremoniously dumped onto the street gave me time to think about life - for about a week. Having to ensure my children and I ate, I’ve spent the past two decades in the gig economy - a sexy, bullshit term for odd-jobbing. I’ve had a range of varied roles, some of them interesting, most of them a means to an end. On the plus side I have worked with many wonderful people (and the odd git).

It was a brief, precarious stint inside a university full of intelligent colleagues and toxic managerialism that reignited my desire to make a difference (and try to escape the odd-jobbing world). Bringing together my love of writing with a passion for addressing societal ills, I started researching and writing what I plan (hope is not a strategy) will become a popular fiction series. The books are set in a projected future New Zealand - imagine New Zealand in two to five years and you’re in my world.

Follow these links if you want to read what the media have said. I’ll keep adding to them as I talk writing and society.

Author about to release new book and true identity - Stuff

Interview: Riley Chance talks about The Democracy Game - NZ Booklovers

Author Riley Chance thinks people need to treat democracy seriously - Stuff

If you want to know what I’m thinking, check out my substack where I’m publishing the first novel in the series as well as storing material for the future.

To keep myself grounded, a particular George Orwell quote is never far from my thoughts.