Our Ancestors Were Navigators
Our Ancestors Were Navigators
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· Adventure · 107 pages
Status: Spec
Lost, stranded and given up for dead: To survive and make her way to safety, a sexually traumatized Māori maths whiz must learn to cooperate with her only fellow survivor, a male seat-of-the-pants sailor.
Written by
Klaus Brauer
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Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist,
Raindance Script Competition 2025
Semifinalist,
Creative World Awards 2025
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Friday Harbor, Washington
Klaus Brauer, a dedicated student of traditional Polynesian navigation, sails in the Salish Sea aboard the traditional dugout sailing canoe he carved from a cedar log.
A proud nerd, he holds degrees from the Stanford Creative Writing Program and MIT.