Don Wallace

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About Don Wallace

THE HAWAI'I REVIEW OF BOOKS is live!"For, by, and about the people of the Islands. wherever they may be." Hawaii/Pacific/Western/Eastern content by local writers. https://hawaiireviewofbooks.com/ HONOLULU Magazine contributing editor. December 2021's cover "Carissa Explains It All" about the rise and influence of Olympic gold medalist Native Hawaiian surfer Carissa Moore won Best Profile, City & Regional Magazine Association Awards. New AUDIBLE release THE FRENCH HOUSE: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village that Restored Them All (Sourcebooks, 2014). The Meryl Streep quote: “On a tiny French island a couple of American dreamers redefine their lives by restoring a ruin-which in this lovely, shimmering story becomes a parable. that we all can follow if we will but listen to the wisdom of the villagers the way the Wallaces did. The French House moves to a soulful, very funny rhythm all its own.” New AUDIBLE release ONE GREAT GAME: Two Teams, Two Dreams, in the First Ever National Championship High School Football Game (Atria, 2004). 2019 Society of Professional Journalists winner Body of Work by a Single Writer. 2017 finalist for Best Writing in a city and regional magazine, for "Shark!"​; 2016 finalist for Best Restaurant Feature Package, both from the CRMA (City and Regional Magazine Awards):"All Hail the General!" Both stories: Honolulu Magazine. Screenwriter, 2010 musical documentary THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE: The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae, about the search for the lost sources of Hawaiian music. Closed Hawaii International Film Festival and Pacific Rim Film Festival. Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii awards: First Place, Feature/Long Form (Shark!); First Place, Health Reporting (The Big Shift); Finalist, Business Reporting (Squeezed); Finalist, Body of Work. Hawaii Publishers Association Awards: First Place, Feature (Shark!); First Place, Editorial Opinion (Who Owns Hawaii's Culture?). Other publications: HOT WATER (novel, Soho Press); A TIDE IN TIME: The Log of Matthew Roving (serialized novel, U.S. Naval Institute Press, essays/articles The New York Times, Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Surfer's Journal, Wine Spectator, Hana Hou, Redbook, Self, Bamboo Ridge. Executive/senior editor at Time Inc, New York Times Magazine Group, Conde Nast, Hearst Awards: Pluma de Plata Mexicana for reporting on Mexico; Eagle Award, New York Times; James Michener Prize for Fiction; Best American Essays Roll of Honor (ed. Cynthia Ozick); winner, Next Stop Hollywood: Short Story contest.