Kaui Hart Hemmings

Kaui Hart Hemmings born 1975 is an American writer She is best known for her 2007 novel The Descendants which was adapted into an awardwinning film Kaui Hart Hemmings was born and raised in Hawaii She attended Punahou School for high school graduating in 1994 She attended Colorado College and graduated in 1998 She earned her MFA at Sarah Lawrence College in 2002 She was one of Stanfords 2002 Stegner Fellows Her debut novel The Descendants was published in 22 countries and was a New York Times bestseller It was adapted into the 2011 film The Descendants starring George Clooney and written by Alexander Payne Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Hemmings previously published a collection of stories House of Thieves She has written two other novels for adults The Possibilities 2014 and How to Party With an Infant 2016 and one for young readers Juniors 2015 In 2019 she published her novel Testimony from Your Perfect Girl