A native New Yorker, Tom Ireland moved to New Mexico in 1971 to live at Lama Foundation. Lama published his first book, "Mostly Mules", the account of a trying journey by mule through Rio Arriba. For years he worked as a builder, rancher, and animal trainer, avoiding steady employment until the age of forty. Since 1987 he has been an editor at the Office of Archaeological Studies, a state agency. The author of four books of nonfiction, he has an MFA in writing from Stanford and …
A native New Yorker, Tom Ireland moved to New Mexico in 1971 to live at Lama Foundation. Lama published his first book, "Mostly Mules", the account of a trying journey by mule through Rio Arriba. For years he worked as a builder, rancher, and animal trainer, avoiding steady employment until the age of forty. Since 1987 he has been an editor at the Office of Archaeological Studies, a state agency. The author of four books of nonfiction, he has an MFA in writing from Stanford and received an NEA literary grant and a Jeffrey E. Smith Prize. More information on his work is available at TomIreland.net.