Published Books include: "Surfer of the Century" (Lee and Low NY 2008), Hardcore Inventing, Invent, Protect, Promote and Profit (Skyhorse Publishing, NY 2009, Hawaii, A Pictorial Celebration, Sterling Publishing NY) and Exploring Lost Hawaii, Places of Power, History, Mystery and Magic, (Island Heritage, Hawaii 2003) that featured on the History Channel and the Travel Channel. Awards include: 2008 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature, 2008 Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Once Upon a World Award, Carter G. Woodson Award, Texas Bluebonnet Master List 2010/2011selection, Bank Street College Books of the Year, The Bloomsbury Review Editors Favorite, Cleveland Public Library Distinguished Children’s Biography List, Texas Women’s University Librarians’ Choice 2008, Kiriyama Notable Books 2008, BookList Best Children’s Books 2007, 5 awards for excellence from the Hawaii Book Publishers’Association, the Kahili Award in Literary Arts in the 2004 “Keep It Hawaii" awards, Award for special interest book in 2002 by the Hawaii Book Publishers’Association, Hawaii Tourism Authority “Keep it Hawaii” award for excellence in Literary Arts, and numerous excellent reviews such as a starred review from