Born in Casablanca in 1963, Patrick M. Ohana lived most of his seminal years in Montreal and Vancouver. He received a BA in English from l'Universite de Montreal (he did not complete his MA), as well as a BA in Psychology and a MEd in Educational Psychology specializing in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia. He resides in Honolulu. He has self-published a semi-autobiographical novel in 2005 (and revised editions in 2007 and 2013) entitled Santa Claws, a novel in 2009 (and a revised edition in 2013) entitled Forty-four Forever, a follow-up n...