Selected Published Works
Novels
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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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 |
Novellas
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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2018 | Pua’s Kiss Fractured Sea Fairy Tale Ink #3 | Tork Media | |
2018 | Rell Goes Hawaiian Fractured Slipper Fairy Tale Ink #2 | Tork Media | |
2017 | Nani's Kiss Fractured Beauty Fairy Tale Ink #1 | Tork Media | |
2013 | Birth: Zader's Story A Nuihi Shark Saga Prequel A Lauele Universe Story | Makena Press |
Short Stories
Year | Title / Anthology | Publisher | Awards |
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2019 | "Gamble" Grifty Shades of Fey | Fiction Vortex | |
2019 | "Tatau" | Mormon Lit Blitz | Finalist |
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 | “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
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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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 |
Audiobooks
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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2017 | "The Champion" | Immortal Works |
Poetry
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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2013 | Growing Up Hawaiian: A Collection | Makena Press | 3rd Place, LUW |
Screenplays
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards |
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2014 | Red | Makena Press |
Stageplays
Year | Title | Publisher/Performer | Work |
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2018 | Niuhi Shark Saga | Honolulu Theater for Youth | Adaption based on The Nihui Shark Saga |
Upcoming
Release Date | Title/Working Title | Publisher | Description |
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Summer 2019 | 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. |
Summer 2019 | "Nana'ue" | TBD | Short Story |
Fall 2019 | Niuhi Shark Saga Audobooks | TBD | Audiobooks of The Niuhi Shark Saga Trilogy |
Fall 2019 | Where I'm From: Poetry from The Kamehameha Middle Schools, Kea'au Campus | Makena Press | Collection of poems from the Lehua Writing Academy workshops. |
TBD | Untitled Christmas Story | TBD | Children's Picture Book |