“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
Growing violence heightens relevance of award-winning ‘Mauna Kea’
THE WORLD IS AFLAME WITH POLARIZATION AND VIOLENCE—in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, and now Minneapolis, which is having its own "Mauna Kea moment" of nonviolent protesters risking arrest against armed government forces. All this amplifies the timeliness of my nationally award-winning novel Mauna ...
Kilauea . . . STILL erupting in 2026!
KILAUEA'S CURRENT SUMMIT ERUPTION WILL LIKELY BE TALKED ABOUT FOR GENERATIONS—fourteen months of spectacularly high fountains viewed by tens of thousands of national park visitors and by millions more worldwide via USGS livestreams and other internet sites and news feeds ...
Kilauea erupts . . . again and again!
Just before Christmas, Hawaiʻi’s volcano goddess Pele returned to her legendary home inside Halemaʻumaʻu with a series of high fountain events that have dazzled Big Island residents, visitors, and volcano watchers all over the world. Here's a representative photo log ...
Interviews
Hawaiʻi News Now Interview
Hawaiʻi Book Publisher Association Interview
Keep in touch
…to receive news about Tom’s workshops, literary events, new blog posts and more.