Kirby Wright
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• Both novels deal with the racial tensions between haoles (whites) and the indigenous Hawaiians, and illustrate the challenge for characters who, as the product of mixed-race marriages, must try to bridge the two cultures and overcome prejudice from both camps
• Wright's work is primarily concerned with the complexities of multicultural Hawaii, Killahaole Day, prejudices against (and within) island high schools, and the tricky matter of interracial dating
• He incorporates the local creole language into his novels and was the first author to document the pidgin English spoken by the paniolo cowboys on the east end of Molokai
• Wright has ventured into the arena of speculative fiction with a pair of books in 2013
• The End, My Friend is a futuristic thriller set in the not-too-distant future featuring a survivalist couple roaming an apocalyptic landscape from San Diego north to Crater Lake, Oregon
• Square Dancing at the Asylum is set, in part, at the former state asylum in Worcester, Mass
• , and is dedicated to Paul Ford Nolan, Wright's great uncle and lifelong resident of the asylum
• Both books received Certificates of Excellence at the 2014 San Diego Book Awards
• HOUDINI, his first play, was performed at the Secret Theatre in New York on February 20th, 2016
• The Secret Theatre produced his second play, ASYLUM UNCLE, on November 4th, 2016