Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams is a mixed Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) author and poet from Washington State. She earned her BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Washington and her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her short story in verse, Braving the Storm, can be found in Cynthia Leitch Smith’s anthology Legendary Frybread Drive-in.

An Expanse of Blue is her debut novel

Kaua lives in Carlsbad, California with her husband where she spends her time writing, reading, daydreaming, dancing hula, and bending to her dogs’ every wish and whim.