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Book 1 - Seasons of Change (Family Tree)
Steven (Steve) Kendrick Jeremiah
- Defensive end, #95, the Grizzlies
- 6'8", 250lbs; brown-black hair, blue eyes
- Born - Oklahoma
- Hometown - currently divides the year between Chicago, Illinois and Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Abilene, Kansas
- College - Oklahoma
- Age - Book 1, turns 30 in April
- Parents - deceased
- Siblings - sister, Jennifer Eryn
Heather Nohealani Shepherd
- Auto Mechanic - specializes in German-made vehicles
- 6', 150ish; black hair, hazel eyes
- Born - Africa
- Hometown - Honolulu, Hawaii. Parents were missionaries in Africa, moved to Hawaii when she was 8
- US Army veteran of Iraqi war
- Age - Book 1, just turned 29
- Parents - deceased; Gloria-Mom is technically her stepmother
- Siblings - four brothers, see below
- Pet - Moose Cupid Thumper, a purebred Golden Retriever
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The Shepherds:
Father - James, deceased
Mother - Kalea, deceased; Gloria, James' 2nd wife
The siblings:
- Luke, 32 in Book 1. Married to Nalani Kawada; two boys, Matt and Jeremy (Germy) and a baby on the way
- Heather
- Greg, 27 in Book 1
- Tim - mother, Gloria; turns 16 in Book 1
- Robert - mother, Gloria; turns 15 in Book 1
The friends:
- Pete Kalaau - Steve's teammate on the Grizzlies, lifelong resident of Hawaii
- Colonel Joshua Wolfe - retired Air Force pilot; friend of Steve
The extended family (age when they first appear in the book, if told):
- Grandma, Pua Nakanishi (88) - Kalea's mother, Gloria's aunty by marriage (married Gloria's mother's brother); lives in Hilo, Hawaii
- Kenji Minatoya - Gloria's oldest brother; married to Hannah; children - Malia (19), Heather's receptionist; Nick (13); Alex (10); Brianna (7)
- Pena Minatoya - Gloria's brother, middle child; married to Connie; children - Suzie (8), Jeremiah (5), baby Leilani
- Jenni Jeremiah - Steve's sister; children, Kara (8), Ana (4)
- Grandpa, Connor Shepherd - James' father; married to Reyanne; lives in Normal, Illinois
- Grandma,
Reyanne Shepherd - James' mother; married to Connor; lives in Normal, Illinois
The extras, when named (chapter in which introduced):
- People Steve thinks about from his past (Chapter 1)
- Uncle Joe
- Mr. Markel - shop teacher
- Ms. Holland - home ec teacher
- Aunty Mitsue - Kalea's classmate; works at KTA on the Big Island (Chapter 7)
- Motorcycle owners (Chapter 11)
- Mike
- Sarah, widow of Rick, a police officer killed in the line of duty
- Herr Schneider, the German mechanic who got Heather interested in German-made cars (Chapter 17)
- Martha - a woman who's waiting for Steve and Heather to come out of the first tunnel in Diamond Head
- Friends Heather and Steve meet on their hike up Diamond Head
(Chapter 18)
- Doug & Gina, newlyweds
- Jim, Heidi, Eddie & Melissa - a family from Muscatine, Iowa. Eddie has leukemia.
- Diane, nurse at the pediatrics ward (Chapter 20)
- Children at the peds ward
- Anela
- Kimo
- Kaipo
- Jon
- Laura
- Grandma & Grandpa Kawada, Nalani's parents (Chapter 22)
- Mana - Robert's teammate (Chapter 26)
- Jenni's ex-boyfriends
(Chapter 29)
- Mr. Nakashima - teacher at Tim & Robert's school (Chapter 31)
- Coach - of the Grizzlies
- Fredericks - a coaches assistant for the Grizzlies
- Neil Pittman - school shooter (Chapter 33)
- Beth - a woman at Greg's college
- Tyler Reynolds - Grizzly quarterback (Chapter 39)
The Shepherd Series characters:
The Ohana Project characters:
Hilo Suspense characters:
Complete Timeline - Warning: Contains spoilers! Starts with James Shepherd's birth. Includes brief details of all the major characters of all my published books.
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