Revisions, a Blackout, and a 9-Book Food Fiction Giveaway!

January has been a big month, not just for me but for the whole country. With regards to the latter, it’s probably pretty obvious (a new year, a new president) but for me, it’s because I just finished the revisions for Table Manners. I received an email from my editor at Berkley yesterday saying that [...]

A Hui Ho and Farewell to the Kohala Book Shop

It is the end of an era. I just received news that on February 1, 2009, the Kohala Book Shop in Kapaau on the Big Island of Hawaii is closing its doors.
The Kohala Book Shop is the largest new and used book store in the state of Hawaii. Their inventory of over 30,000 books, including [...]





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