Author

Sara Ackerman

12 books, mostly historical fiction, for MIRA and HarperAudio, 2018–2026

Sara Ackerman is a Hawai‘i-born bestselling novelist whose historical and contemporary fiction is primarily set in the Hawaiian Islands. She began writing novels in 2012 and draws on family stories, Hawaiian history, nature, and wartime experiences; her books include Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers, Red Sky Over Hawaii, The Codebreaker’s Secret, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, The Maui Effect, The Guest in Room 120, and The Shark House.