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Alan Brennert (born May 30, 1954) is an American author, television producer, and screenwriter. Brennert has lived in Southern California since 1973 and completed graduate work in screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Since 1973 he has lived in Southern California, where he received a B.A. in English from California State University at Long Beach and did graduate work in screenwriting at UCLA Film School.
Oct 21, 2003 · Alan Brennert did a fine job researching this tragic blemish in Hawaii's history. Being quarantined by COVID19 can't be nearly as bad as being quarantined on the remote (although beautiful) island of Kalaupapa in the leper colony of Molokai.
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Alan Brennert is the author of the historical novels Palisades Park, Honolulu (chosen one of the best books of 2009 by The Washington Post), and Moloka'i, which won the 2006 Bookies Award, sponsored by the Contra Costa Library, for the Book Club Book of the Year (and has sold over 600,000 copies since publication).
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Mar 18, 2014 · At the moment I live in Los Angeles with my wife, Paulette, and our wonderful dog (though we have had five wonderful cats, too, in the past, all sadly gone now). I’m sorry about your cats! I love our cat, KC, though she meows at me and expects me to meow back, which is odd.
He begins by explaining that the island of Moloka’i near Hawaii was designated as a colony for people who had leprosy. He follows the story of a young girl who has leprosy and her struggles and journeys being separated from her family to live in a new place.
Feb 19, 2019 · Brennert’s well-researched description of these California camps – though deeply humane in comparison to the Nazi genocide -- is the heart of the book’s drama, and opens our eyes to a wounded...
