Dietrich Varez is a printmaker living on the island of Hawai'i. He is the author of Pele the Fire Goddess, Maui the Mischief Maker, and Hina the Goddess and illustrator of 'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui and A Legendary Tradition of Kamapua'a: The Hawaiian Pig God by Lilikala K. Kame'eleihiwa.