An award-winning novelist and acclaimed writing teacher, Tom Peek lived his early life on Minnesota’s Upper Mississippi River. After hitchhiking by boat through the South Seas, he settled on Hawaiʻi Island three decades ago. There he’s been, among other things, an astronomy and mountain guide on Mauna Kea, an eruption ranger and exhibit writer on Kilauea, and an insider participant in the efforts to protect both sacred volcanoes.
Winner of the 2024 Nautilus Gold Award for Small Press Fiction Finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Winner of a 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Popular Fiction
"Tom Peek’s understanding of place, culture, and current issues is deep and respectful without being heavy-handed.” — Maile Meyer, found
