Tom Sharp is a Native American of Aleut heritage, a member of Seldovia Village Tribe. He is the author of numerous books, including Spectacles: A Sampler of Poems and Prose (Taurean Horn Press), The Great Ideas, The I Ching, Monday Poems, A Life's Work, Hans and the Clock (a novel), immortals of taoist mythology, First Nations, Poems by Tom, The book of beliefs, Things People Do, Foibles Faults and Fallacies, Images, Cabinet of curiosities, Comics, extinct animals, Arthropods, Art and Its Uses, Hobos Hermits Gypsies, Weeds, Aleut Artifacts, Boats, Aleut Words, Pets Primates Parasites, Hunter Hunted, Toys, Reflections on Tarot, and The book of science. He is retired from IBM, lives in Seattle, and sings with Seattle Peace Chorus.