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Shay Kauwe

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Shay Kaleoʻoluhoʻiloliokawaipāhe Kauwe is a kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) author from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. Her and the boy now live in Honolulu with their poi dog, Iris.

Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and taught English, ESL, and Literacy for nearly a decade.

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Aloha! Are your Homestead characters based off of real people, and if so, who?

Shay Kauwe Unfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people!

To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Hom…moreUnfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people!

To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Homestead, and the different ways people might react to a history of colonization. The character sketches began there.

Names though, do often belong to my family and friends though I make sure to always put their name on a character that is nothing like how they are in real life. My family gets a kick out of seeing their name in a book because they're not ones that you'd typically find in fantasy.(less)

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Grief is Absence

In the recent loss that me and my family experienced, my urge is to write. It’s how I process. It’s how I honor. This post is a vulnerable, unedited piece of writing, but I hope it provides you some comfort as it has me.

My Papa Abe passed early this morning and though I’ve had a few days to sit with this inevitability, it’s still raw. Grief, I’ve learned, isn’t just pain, but an absen

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Shay Kauwe answered Harley Quinn's question: Aloha! Are your Homestead characters based off of real people, and if so, who? Unfortunately, my characters aren't based off of real people! To make my characters, I thought a lot about the kinds of folks you might find on the Homestead, and the different ways people might react to a history of colonization. The character sketch See Full Answer
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