Ella Harvey

Ella Harvey’s adventurous spirit has taken her to remote regions of the world. She has lived on five continents and worked on four. Her first book, Encounters on the Front Line: Cambodia, A Memoir was published in 2015. Her second travel memoir A Time of Light and Shadow will be published by Rocky Mountain Books in October 2022. Ella lives in Victoria, BC, Canada

A Time of Light and Shadow is a travel memoir of a young woman chasing adventure, stumbling into love, and working in dire circumstances in Asia and Africa. Four decades later, she returns to India and reflects on poverty and privilege, youth and aging, longing and belonging.

“This lyrical, big-hearted book is multi-layered, combining sobering experiences of humanitarian work with wanderlust… and the vivid intensities of life on the road.” ~ Louisa Waugh, author of Hearing Birds Fly and Meet Me in Gaza.

“Reading A Time of Light and Shadow reminded me of how to walk through our beautiful, wounded world: open-eyed, open-hearted, mindful of both gifts received and debts incurred.” ~ Karen Connelly, author of The Lizard Cage and Burmese Lessons.

“A Time of Light and Shadow is a courageous story of compassion, self-discovery, and cross-cultural immersion, amidst a backdrop of some of the world’s most fascinating wonders and devastating humanitarian crises.— Michael Schauch, author of A Story of Karma: Finding Love and Truth in the Lost Valley of the Himalaya