Events › Meet the Author: Tom Trimbath

Meet local author Tom Trimbath as he discusses his newest book. Hear the Whidbey stories that made the book happen.

Firewatcher is about who is truly alien. It is an accidental love story between species, and an apocaloptimist tale about people who find a way to disappear from Earth while in plain sight to avoid an anticipated digital singularity and artificial intelligence dystopia.

Are you a Whidbey writer? Hear about possible collaborations for sequels to Firewatcher.

In addition to being a nature photographer who has been producing a ten-year Twelve Month photo essay study of Whidbey Island, Tom Trimbath has also written three narrative essays of lakes in the Washington Cascades; two travel and cultural essays, one for bicycling across the United States (Just Keep Pedaling) and one for walking across Scotland (Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland); as well as a description of his frugal approach to personal finance (Dream. Invest. Live.) In 2022 he published a book about tea as a fundraiser for tea workers, Kettle Pot Cup.  Tom enjoys public speaking, coaching, and counseling. A long road from a start as an aerospace engineer.

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