Timber Hawkeye

Timber Hawkeye (born Tomer Gal on July 19, 1977), is an Israeli-born citizen and resident of the United
States of America. He is best known as the author of Buddhist Boot Camp (HarperCollins Publishers, 2013)
and his self-published memoir: Faithfully Religionless (Hawkeye Publishers, 2016).

Biography
Hawkeye was born Tomer Gal in Bat Yam, and raised in Katzrin, a town in the Golan Heights of Israel,
until he moved with his parents and older sister to San Francisco at the age of 13.

Hawkeye pursued several jobs during his teenage years and early twenties. He started out as a paperboy at
14 delivering the San Francisco Examiner in the Sunset District, and during his senior year of high school
worked for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. He attended California State University, Stanislaus for
college. Other jobs included at the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation Department and as a
paralegal in the Bay Area and Seattle, Washington, focusing mainly on commercial real estate. Hawkeye
has stated that he found living in Seattle more rewarding than California, despite earning less money.

After living in Seattle, Hawkeye sold his belongings and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii with the intention to
lead a simpler life.[1][2] He worked odd jobs on the island just to cover expenses, and spent the rest of his
time engaging in leisure activities and study.

In 2013, Hawkeye published his first book, Buddhist Boot Camp. It is a collection of emails he had sent to
his friends from Hawaii over the course of approximately eight years. It was initially self-published[2] and
was later published through HarperCollins.[3]

After touring with Buddhist Boot Camp, Hawkeye moved to the East Sierras to write and publish his
second book. He founded a publishing company, Hawkeye Publishers, in early 2016, to publish his and
others' work.

Faithfully Religionless is a self-published memoir aimed at audiences who consider themselves spiritual, but
not religious. It was launched at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The book tour included appearances at
several churches across the U.S.

The Opposite of Namaste was self-published on August 8, 2022. It contains 84 transcripts of Hawkeye's
podcast.

References
1. Jean (2016-06-01). "Timber Hawkeye | Journeys Of Life" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160
816081138/https://journeysoflife.com/timber-hawkeye/). Archived from the original (http://jour
neysoflife.com/timber-hawkeye/) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
2. "Timber Hawkeye: "Buddhist Boot Camp" – Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship" (http://cvuuf.org/timber-hawkeye-buddhist-boot-camp/). cvuuf.org. 12 December
2013. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
 3. Hawkeye, Timber. "Buddhist Boot Camp - Timber Hawkeye - Hardcover" (https://www.harper
collins.com/9780062267436/buddhist-boot-camp). HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2016-07-20.

External links
Official website (http://www.timberhawkeye.com/)
Faithfully Religionless at TEDxHonolulu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFTxRJfLTM)

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