About

Tony Peak is represented by Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. His interests include progressive thinking, futurism, and planetary exploration. Living in southwest Virginia, he has a wonderful view of New River.

I started taking writing seriously in 2008, made my first sale the next year, and haven’t looked back. But it still feels strange whenever I see my work in print. Those words seem to have been spoken by another person, from another time.

My writing advice: be patient, develop a thick skin, keep submitting your work, support other authors—and write like hell. The surest path to failure is to give up.

Some of my favorite books:

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ubik by Philip K. Dick

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

The Aztec Treasure House by Evam S. Connell