Sara Williams and her husband Bill landed on the Island of Maui in their own sailboat
some thirty years ago, intent on visiting an old friend. They loved Hawaii so much that
they opened a business in Lahaina and stayed for a decade. Sara, a magazine writer and newspaper reporter, became engrossed in the fascinating art, history and culture of Hawaii.
One Big Itch, set in Honolulu during the Aloha Week Festival, is Sara’s excuse to talk
story about Hawaii through the voice of John Spyer, a soft-hearted sleuth who has been rattling around in her subconscious for decades. When not sojourning in the Hawaiian islands, the Williamses are usually to be found in their other favorite haunts, the San Juan Islands of Washington State, or in the Florida Gulf Coast city of Fort Myers, the DeLeon of Sara’s first novel, The Don Juan Con, which was optioned in Hollywood by producer Robert Evans for Paramount Studios.

Sara’s second novel, The Serenoa Scandal, is set in the Okeechobee ranch country of Florida. Her latest novel, full of country lore, was featured on PBS Florida radio and Expressions magazine. The Serenoa Scandal introduces John Spyer’s mainland girlfriend Maya, a Cuban, and Spyer’s journalist buddy Putt Jorgenson. The Serenoa Scandal is a prequel to One Big Itch.