About the Author
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Kawai Strong Washburn was born and raised on the Hāmākua coast of the Big Island of Hawai‘i. His work has appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, McSweeney’s, and Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, among other outlets. He was a 2015 Tin House Summer Scholar and a 2015 Bread Loaf work-study scholar. Today, he lives with his wife and daughters in Minneapolis. Sharks in the Time of Saviours is his first novel.