About mahinui

Location: edge of San Pablo Bay, California

Favorite novels: Karoo Boy, by Troy Blacklaws; Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson; The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, by Yukio Mishima; Mother of Pearl, by Melinda Haynes; The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; House of Many Gods, by Kiana Davenport

Favorite writers: Gore Vidal, Mark Twain, Barbara Kingsolver, William Butler Yeats, Pat Conroy, Gail Tsukiyama , Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Nichols

Favorite music: flamenco guitar or Hawaiian slack key guitar

Non-noveling interests: my projects: creating an ultimate runaway wedding environment, building a tree-house, restoring the rainforest, establishing a tiki bar with friends and music