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Bio for Jane Marshall Goodsill

For Jane Marshall Goodsill, Voices of Hawai`i began as a labor of love.  A kama`āina ("child of the land," native-born) accomplished in the art of oral history, she began interviewing Island residents.

Avocation soon became vocation.  As Goodsill's joy in recording these life stories grew, so too did her pool of subjects: business executives, war veterans and POW's, retired plantation managers, Island entertainers, conservationists, retailers, ranchers activists, judges, journalists and so many others.  Taken together, their oral histories told a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tale of Hawai`i's journey from the World War II era into the 21st century.

These were people who had in some way, large or small, impacted Hawai`i's destiny, and Goodsill soon realized that the treasury of anecdotal history she had assembled was too rich to keep to herself.  Her voluminous interview transcripts were too weighty for a single volume and better suited for historical archives.  But the best of these candid interviews - compelling tales of deals made and glass ceilings shattered, of ancient ways revived and legacy lands preserved - were gathered together under the themes of Island life: history, race, land use, art and music, philanthropy, development and the spirit of aloha.

This is Voices of Hawai`i, Jane Goodsill's unique anthology of oral history, a rare collective view of a society in transition.

Ben Dookchitra MBA - Avalon Group

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www.MichaelSchmicker.com

Michael Schmicker is an investigative journalist, bestselling author, and science writer specializing in consciousness research and frontier science. His writing career began as a crime reporter and includes freelance work in Southeast Asia and op-eds for The Wall Street Journal Asia. He co-authored The Gift and wrote Best Evidence, considered a classic in scientific anomalies, and his latest book is What Comes Next?, exploring quantum physics and the afterlife.

Michael also wrote The Witch of Napoli, a historical paranormal novel that became an international bestseller. His interest in the paranormal began during his Peace Corps service in Thailand, where he taught at a royal Buddhist monastery and helped create educational television.

He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a Master’s in Educational Communications from the University of Hawaiʻi. He lives and writes in Honolulu, overlooking Waikiki and Diamond Head.