Native Hawai­ian author Megan Kamalei Kaki­mo­to is a rare lit­er­ary gem: a sto­ry­teller of YA and adult sub­ject mat­ter that is authen­ti­cal­ly root­ed in Native Hawai­ian life expe­ri­ences. Her USA Today Nation­al Best­seller, Every Drop is a Man’s Night­mare, is a short sto­ry col­lec­tion that review­ers describe as “pow­er­ful com­ing-of-age sto­ries,” “rich and wise, hum­ming with con­fi­dence,” and “a blaz­ing, rau­cous jour­ney through con­tem­po­rary Hawai­ian iden­ti­ty and wom­an­hood.” We are so pleased to talk sto­ry with Megan today.

Artist Mae Waite is a mas­ter of col­or and tex­ture. She loves to exper­i­ment with a vari­ety of tech­niques and sur­faces. Work­ing in ink, oils, acrylics, and water­col­ors, Maeʻs work is a bold expres­sion of the world around her. “I cre­ate for myself and for you,” she writes. We are so pleased to fea­ture our talk sto­ry with Mae Waite.

Native Hawai­ian author Kaylin Melia George has always been a sto­ry­teller. She began her career as a screen­writer and is now a chil­dren’s author. Her debut pic­ture book. Alo­ha Every­thing, is the ful­fill­ment of a life­long dream: to share the rich sto­ries she grew up hear­ing at her moth­er’s side. We are pleased to talk sto­ry with Kaylin today.