Benton Sen is the author of Men of Hula, about the only male halau hula (school) in the Hawaiian Islands. He is the recipient of a Virginia Center for Creative Arts writing fellowship, the James D. Houston Fellowship from the Squaw Valley Writers Conference, and he has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists. Benton earned his MFA from the University of Iowa and attended the Community of Writers in 2010 and 2011. He lives in Honolulu.
