Wayne Moniz, who recently published “Barefoot Boy in the Mango Tree,” will share information and details about his career as a writer here on Maui.

LAHAINA – Wayne Moniz will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Royal Ocean Terrace Restaurant at the Royal Lahaina Resort from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Moniz was born and raised on Maui and received his Bachelor’s Degree in English and Communications from the University of Dayton, Ohio and his Master’s Degree in Theater Arts and Film from U.C.L.A.

Dubbed the “Dean of Maui Playwrights” by The Maui News, he received the 2005 Cades Award for Literature, Hawaii’s most prestigious writing prize, for his body of work that includes 14 plays, several screenplays, poetry and song lyrics.

For more information on the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset, contact President Heidi Dollinger at Heidi.LahainaSunset@gmail.com or 359-4245.