Pema Tsewang Shastri is the author of three novels—including Cold West, Warm East (Tibet Times, 2000)—a work of historical fiction, a collection of short stories, and a collection of Tibetan sayings, Like a Yeti Catching Marmots, published by Wisdom Publications. A former Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University, he has translated works by Dr. Gene Sharp and Charles Dickens. He is a foreign rights manager at Wisdom Publications.