author
William Reginald Hodder
1867–1926
A New Zealand-born journalist who later worked in Britain, he wrote adventure, horror, and war books with an eye for atmosphere. His best-known fiction ranges from Māori-themed romance and mystery to eerie supernatural tales.
1 Audiobook
The daughter of the dawn : A realistic story of Maori magic
by William Reginald Hodder
About the author
Born in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1867, William Reginald Hodder built his career as a journalist before later living and working in the United Kingdom. Reference sources describe him as a versatile writer whose books moved easily between popular fiction and nonfiction.
His best-known novel is The Daughter of the Dawn (1903), a story set in New Zealand and shaped around Māori magic and lost-world adventure. He also wrote the horror novel The Vampire (1913) and Ultus, the Man from the Dead (1916), along with books on military subjects such as Indian regiments and British battle honours.
Hodder died in 1926. Although he is not widely known today, his work still attracts interest from readers of early supernatural fiction, imperial adventure, and unusual popular novels from the turn of the twentieth century.