Talking Story

List of Publications

Selected Published Works

Novels

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
Upcoming 2021	Kona's Bed Lauele Chicken Skin Stories, Book 1	TBD
Upcoming 2021	Husk Hawaiian Futurisms, Book 1	TBD
Upcoming 2022	Birth/Hanau Lauele Universe Stories	Makena Press
2020	Rell's Kiss Lauele Fractured Folktales, Book 2	Makena Press
2020	Pua's Kiss Lauele Fractured Folktales, Book 1	Makena Press
2016	*One Boy, No Water* Niuhi Shark Saga Book 1 3rd Edition	Makena Press	2017 Nene Award Nominee (Hawaii’s Children’s Choice Award) 2013 Gold Quill Award for Children’s Literature, LUW 2013 American Book Award Nominee 2013 Whitney Award Nominee
2016	One Shark, No Swim Niuhi Shark Saga Book 2 2nd Edition	Makena Press
2016	One Truth, No Lie Niuhi Shark Saga Book 3 1st Edition	Makena Press
2013	One Shark, No Swim Niuhi Shark Saga Book 2 1st Edition	Jolly Fish Press
2012	One Boy, No Water Niuhi Shark Saga Book 1 1st & 2nd Edition	Jolly Fish Press

Short Stories

Year	Title / Anthology	Publisher	Awards
Upcoming 2021	“Tourists” Hawaiian Fairy Tales	University of Hawaii Press
2021	“Persona Non Grata” Wastach Witches	Fear Knocks Press
2021/2019	"Tatau"	Dialogue Magazine / Mormon Lit Blitz	Finalist
2020	“Resister” They Walk Among Us	Forty-Two Books
2019	"Gamble" Grifty Shades of Fey	Fiction Vortex
2017	“Maverick’s” Apocalypse: Utah	Griffin Press	2018 Silver Quill Award
2016	“Nightwalker”	Sick Pilgrim
2016	“Voices” It Came from the Great Salt Lake	Griffin Press
2015	“The Mermaid's Tale” True Heroes	Shadow Mountain Press
2015	“Campfire” Secrets and Doors	Crimson Edge Press
2014	“Red” Old Scratch and Owl Hoots	Griffin Press
2013	“Tourists” Mystery in Paradise	Sisters in Crime Hawaii	3rd Place Speculative Fiction, LUW
2011	“Sniff”	Wasatch Press	1st Place Short Story

Essays & Articles

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
2021	"Favorite Pacific Islander Books for AAPI Heritage Month"	Apartment Therapy
2019	"From Icebergs to Lotuses"	Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers	Guest Post
2018	"Scrubbing Jesus' Toilets"	Mormon Lit Blitz	2018 Finalist
2018	"Table for Two"	Fictorians	Featured Article
2017	"Cream Kickers"	Superstars Writing Seminars	Full Scholarship
2017	"Hawaiian on the Inside"	The New Engagement	Featured Article
2017	"Disney's Moana, Mono-myths, & Cultural Appropriation"	Association for Mormon Letters	Featured Article
2016	"Lighthouses"	LDSPPA	Full Scholarship
2015	"Gilding the Lily"	Mormon Lit Blitz	2015 Finalist

Stageplays

Year	Title	Publisher/Performer	Work
2021	Akela in the Park	Honolulu Theatre for Youth
2018	Niuhi Shark Saga	Honolulu Theatre for Youth	Adaption based on The Nihui Shark Saga

Screenplays

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
2014	Red	Makena Press

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
2017	"The Champion"	Immortal Works

Poetry

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
2013	*Growing Up Hawaiian: A Collection*	Makena Press	3rd Place, LUW

Fairy Tale Ink Collections

Year	Title	Publisher	Awards
2018	Fractured Sea Pua's Kiss Fairy Tale Ink #3	Tork Media
2018	Fractured Slipper Rell Goes Hawaiian Fairy Tale Ink #2	Tork Media
2017	Fractured Beauty Nani's Kiss Fairy Tale Ink #1	Tork Media

Upcoming

Release Date	Title/Working Title	Publisher	Description
Summer 2021	Birth / Hanau A Nuihi Shark Saga Prequel A Lauele Universe Story	Makena Press	A two-part novella about the day Uncle Kahana and 'Ilima found Zader.
In progress	"Nana'ue"	TBD	Short Story
In progress	Niuhi Shark Saga Audobooks	TBD	Audiobooks of The Niuhi Shark Saga Trilogy
In progress	Where I'm From: Poetry from The Kamehameha Middle Schools, Kea'au Campus	Makena Press	Collection of poems from the Lehua Writing Academy workshops.
In progress	Untitled Christmas Story	TBD	Children's Picture Book