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Keala Kendall (pronounced: kay-ah-luh) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of How Far I’ll Go and Nobody Gets Left Behind in Disney's A Twisted Tales series, and That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic. Hapa Native Hawaiian, she is a cofounder of Pacific Islanders in Publishing and a past organizer of the Books for Maui charity auction.

Born in Honolulu, raised on Molokaʻi, she now lives as part of the Native Hawaiian diaspora in Los Angeles. To learn more about Keala, visit her at kealakendall.com or @kealakendall on Instagram and TikTok. ...more

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	How Far I'll Go 3.76 avg rating — 970 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	That Which Feeds Us 4.48 avg rating — 62 ratings — 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
	Nobody Gets Left Behind 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2026	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
	Twisted Tale - Les Larmes de Te Fiti 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Estaremos juntos siempre. Un giro inesperado: Narrativa by Walt Disney Company, Keala Kendall (Goodreads Author), Marta García Madera (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Keala answered Cindya's question: Do you think that in the canon Moana universe (the one of the 2016 movie to be clear) after Moana and Maui restored the Heart, Noelani was able to find peace even without meeting Moana? I love her character, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her ever since I read How Far I’ll Go. Awwww, thank you. I love that you connected so deeply with Noelani. 💕 Even if Noe didn't meet Moana, she would have witnessed the immediate and total reversal of the blight across the ocean once the Heart was restored in the movie, so I like to think See Full Answer
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Keala answered JD Wheeler's question: Sorry for another question! I was just wondering how you went about getting wrapped up in the world of Disney novels. It's a dream of mine to write for Disney, and I'd love to co-author a Twisted Tale (it probably won't happen, but I can dream big!). I'd always wanted to write one for Zootopia called "Try Everything", where the twist was "what if Judy never came back to the ZPD, and Belwether was still in power?". Hey, never say it won't happen! The best stories come from big dreams. It's honestly a long story and I've been meaning to write a post about it (or make a video) because Disney actually approached me while I was working on a completely different pro See Full Answer
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