Thomas Peacock

Thomas Peacock is co-owner and publisher of Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, specializing in Native children’s books written by Native authors. He received both his master’s and doctoral degrees in educational leadership from Harvard University. He has authored or co-authored The Forever Story, Collected Wisdom, Ojibwe We Look in All Directions, The Good Path, The Seventh Generation, The Four Hills of Life, To Be Free, The Tao of Nookomis, Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny, The Forever Sky, and The Dancers. Ojibwe and The Good Path were Minnesota Book Award winners. The Seventh Generation was a multicultural children’s book of the year (American Association of Multicultural Education). The Forever Sky received a Kirkus starred review (April 2019). The Wolf’s Trail (Holy! Cow Press) will be released in May 2020. He is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Anishinaabe Ojibwe and lives with his wife, Betsy, in Little Sand Bay, Red Cliff, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota.