Louise Zedda-Sampson
Louise Zedda-Sampson is a writer, researcher and editor and has worked in the publishing industry for over 10 years. She has worked for publishers, self-publishing service providers and has published as a traditional (short stories) and self-published author. Louise has worked on a variety of projects, in many genres of non-fiction and fiction including journals, instruction books, courses, oracle and message cards, biographies, motivational and self-help books and history books. Louise offers her writing and editing services to those wishing to self-publish.
Her debut history book Bowl the Maidens Over: Our First Women Cricketers was published in 2021 and the set of inspirational cocktail-themed message cards and matching cocktail book The Cocktail Connoisseur’s Message Cards and The Cocktail Connoisseur’s Recipe Book were released in 2023.
Non-fiction, short stories and self-help
Bowl the Maidens Over - Our First Women Cricketers ; The Cocktail Connoisseur's Recipe Book ; The Cocktail Connoisseur's Message Cards
Bowl the Maidens Over tells the story of Australia's first women cricketers who played in Bendigo in 1874 as part of the Bendigo Easter Fair.
Facing a severe backlash for daring to play a competitive 'man-only' sport in public, the women found the courage to play again the following year. The book tells the story through a collection of facts, anecdotes and newspaper reports of the time, transporting you to the post-match frenzy generated by those who thought women should be staying home rather than being a group of ‘frisky matrons and forward spinsters’ who were playing at‘manly’ sports.
“This fascinating game in Bendigo has never been properly narrated – until now, in a delightful little book." – Gideon Haigh, The Australian
