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Sara Ackerman

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in Honolulu, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance

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Sara Ackerman is the Hawaii born, bestselling author of The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, The Codebreaker's Secret, Radar Girls, Red Sky Over Hawaii, The Lieutenant’s Nurse, and Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers.

Sara's books have been labeled “unforgettable” by Apple Books, “empowering & deliciously visceral” by Book Riot, and New York Times bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Madeline Martin have praised Sara’s novels as “fresh and delightful” and “brilliantly written.” Amazon chose Radar Girls as a best book of the month, and ALA Booklist gave The Codebreaker’s Secret a starred review.

Find out more about Sara and her books at www.ackermanbooks.com and follow her on Instagram @saraackermanbooks and on FB @ackermanbooks. ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 38,730 ratings · 4,767 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Codebreaker's Secret 4.12 avg rating — 10,116 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radar Girls 4.04 avg rating — 9,665 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Sky Over Hawaii 3.88 avg rating — 4,872 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lieutenant's Nurse 4.03 avg rating — 4,570 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers 3.91 avg rating — 4,176 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West 4.15 avg rating — 3,179 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maui Effect 3.66 avg rating — 1,993 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guest in Room 120 4.22 avg rating — 115 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shark House 4.34 avg rating — 41 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This new book of mine is such a special project and I can't wait for you to read it! I came upon the idea when I was researching old & haunted hotels in Hawai’i a few years back. When I learned of the mystery surrounding Jane Stanford (cofounder of Stanford University) at the Moana Hotel in 1905, I was astounded. Especially because I grew up going to the beach & surfing in front of th Read more of this blog post »

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“Don't believe everything you hear about yourself. It tends to be false.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

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“Maybe that was the secret to dying—to live a life with so much heart that, when you go, you are never really gone.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Codebreaker's Secret

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“Don't you know that hope is the last thing ever lost. A proverb to live by if there ever were one.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

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