Jasmin Iolani Hakes

About the Author

She is the recipient of the Hedgebrook residency in 2018. She won the Best Fiction Award from the Southern California Writers Conference. Her debut novel, “Hula”, was inspired in part by her family oral history which spoke to having Hawaiian blood, albeit undocumented, along with her journey as a mom, raising a daughter that is native Hawaiian on paper and one that isn’t. Hula, in some way or another, has been a part of her life ever since she was born. So the novel was in large part also a homage to the profound impact and role that hula continues to have on her community, the culture she was raised in, and her family. However the deeper threads of the novel were inspired by her own insecurity that she harbored for too long to admit about her blue-gray eyes and fair skin, in part because. Jasmin Iolani Hakes is the author of over 2 books across 1 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Standalone Novels series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Jasmin Iolani Hakes has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.