[vc_section][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1504748223319{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”2420″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]Malia Mattoch McManus was born and raised in Kailua, Hawai’i. After a decade reporting and anchoring local news in Honolulu, Malia began researching Dragonfruit. Parts of her own family arrived in Hawai’i in the 1800’s as both ship captains and sugar plantation workers.
Dragonfruit is Malia’s second published book but first novel. She also wrote The Hawaiian House Now and continues to write and report for Hawai’i publications. She lives on O’ahu with her family.
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Dragonfruit is Malia’s second published book but first novel. She also wrote The Hawaiian House Now and continues to write and report for Hawai’i publications. She lives on O’ahu with her family.
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