“The writer who plants the ground of experience with the seeds of imagination fits his or her reader with a new pair of shoes.”
—Lewis Lapham
“Peek is a storyteller extraordinaire, cut from an older cloth seldom seen today.”
“Tom Peek’s understanding of place, culture, and current issues is deep and respectful without being heavy-handed.”
“Peek is an author who takes the time to listen and observe, honestly portraying islanders of all hues and voices.”
“Peek writes about the land with respect. He writes about the Hawaiian spirit with reverence.”
“Drawing on years of experience living and working with Native Hawaiians, Peek takes us into the spiritual and cultural depths of Hawaiian traditions…”
Latest blog posts
Mauna Kea book launch: A PHOTO JOURNAL
I’m back on the Big Island after a month on the road for the book launch of Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawaiʻi. The launch is going very well, with positive reviews of the book at events and now starting ...
Tom’s new novel published! BOOK EVENTS HERE!
Tom’s new novel, Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawaiʻi will be released on October 10 and is already available at some Hawaiʻi bookstores and on internet booksellers all across the globe. TOM'S EVENT CALENDAR APPEARS BELOW. This literary adventure is a gripping ...
The singular beauty of Mauna Kea: a personal portrait
After hitchhiking by boat through the South Pacific Islands, I landed my first job in Hawaiʻi, as a four-day-a-week tour guide for the Mauna Kea Observatories. I started there in 1988 and did my last stint as guide in 1996, ...
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Hawaiʻi News Now Interview
Hawaiʻi Book Publisher Association Interview
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