Kaui Hart Hemmings
Kaui Hart Hemmings | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Hawaii, United States |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Punahou School Colorado College Sarah Lawrence College (MFA) |
| Relatives | Fred Hemmings (father) |
Kaui Hart Hemmings (born 1975) is an American writer. She is best known for her 2007 novel The Descendants, which was adapted into a film of the same title.
Biography
[edit]Kaui Hart Hemmings was born and raised in Hawaii. She attended Punahou School for high school, graduating in 1994.[1] She attended Colorado College and graduated in 1998.[2][3][4] She earned her M.F.A. at Sarah Lawrence College in 2002.[5][4] She was one of Stanford's 2002 Stegner Fellows.[4]
Her debut novel, The Descendants, was published in 22 countries and was a New York Times bestseller.[6] It was adapted into the 2011 film The Descendants, starring George Clooney and written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash.[7][8][9]
Hemmings previously published a collection of stories, House of Thieves. She has written two other novels for adults, The Possibilities (2014) and How to Party With an Infant (2016), and one for young readers, Juniors (2015). In 2019, she published her novel Testimony from Your Perfect Girl.[10]
Bibliography
[edit]Short story collections
- House of Thieves (2005) ISBN 9781594200489
Novels
- The Descendants (2007) ISBN 1-4000-6633-6
- The Possibilities (2014) ISBN 9781476725796
- Juniors (for young adults) (2015) ISBN 9780399173608
- How to Party With an Infant (2016) ISBN 9781501100796
- Testimony from Your Perfect Girl (2019) ISBN 9780698188426
Reviews
[edit]- Kavenna, Joanna (May 20, 2007). "The Descendants – Kaui Hart Hemmings – Books – Review". The New York Times.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kaui Hart Hemmings '94". Punahou School. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Peak Profile: Kaui Hart Hemmings '98 | Bulletin". sites.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Opening Convocation Kicks Off 148th Academic Year – Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Braving fierce competition, 10 new Stegner Fellows selected: 05/02". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Kaui Hart Hemmings MFA '02". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Local's Guide to Hawaii: Author Kaui Hart Hemmings". Hawaii Magazine. January 14, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "The-Descendants – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Films – Descendants". Toronto International Film Festival. 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011.
- ^ Ross, Ashley (March 5, 2015). "Author of "The Descendants": I Could Work With Shailene Woodley for the Rest of My Life". Time. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Hart Hemmings, Kaui (2019). Testimony from Your Perfect Girl. Penguin USA. ISBN 978-1-9848-1470-8. OCLC 1088715249.
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- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women short story writers
- American women novelists
- Colorado College alumni
- Sarah Lawrence College alumni
- American women screenwriters
- Novelists from Hawaii
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- Screenwriters from Hawaii
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- Stegner Fellows
- 1975 births