Dr Keao NeSmith is a descendant of native Hawaiian and native Scottish bloodlines born on the island of Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian Kingdom. He has several areas of interest, particularly in Hawaiian language and culture and Polynesian languages and cultures in general. He has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Keao has translated and published several world renowned titles into his native Hawaiian language, such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and the first book of the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling. Other titles, such as the Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis and Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne, have been translated by him and remain to be published.