My first reaction was “Man, I’ll bet Stephen King doesn’t get questions like that.” But then, his are probably even weirder. A few years ago, someone emailed to ask if he was circumcised. He’s also the source of my favorite reader question. I love writing about him and hope to keep doing so for a long time. I put a lot of myself into Kimo Kanapa'aka, the hero, and yet he’s very much his own character, and much better than I am! He has had a powerful hold on my imagination for many years. My first published novel was Mahu, about a Honolulu homicide detective dragged out of the closet during a tough case. At the University of Pennsylvania I studied creative writing with Philip Roth and Carlos Fuentes I went on to receive my MFA from Florida International University. I've wanted to be an author since I was about sixteen, when a high school assignment on A Separate Peace showed me how powerful writing can be.
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