Santa's Hawaiian Holiday
Malia Collins was born and raised in Kailua on the Island of O ahu. She served as editor of The Hawaii Review and The Idaho Review, has been published in a number of magazines, and contributed to a series of books about Hawaii. Collins  first children s book, Pele and Poliahu, A Tale of Fire and Ice, received a 2006 Ka Palapala Pookela Honorable Mention Award for Children s Hawaiian Culture. She was inspired to write children s books about Hawai i to introduce her children to their heritage.