Susan is a Native American artist/author (a member of the Shawnee tribe). This is her 1st book whose theme is Native American Spirituality; with a Shawnee focus. The full-color cover (with UB coating producing a high-gloss finish) is a reproduction of her own painting entitled, "The Healer". As an artist accustomed to offering limited edition prints of her art images, in order to make this book more collectible she offers it as a signed and numbered 1st edition of 1100. All books are signed and numbered by the artist!
Susan Thomas Underwood is a Native American artist/author of the Loyal Shawnee tribe of Oklahoma. She was raised on and operates a ranch in Oklahoma where she is active in her tribe, is close to nature, and lives the traditional Indian ways.
She holds a BAE degree from Oklahoma State University and a MLS degree from Oklahoma University, and spent the 1st 17 years of her career teaching art in public schools and illustrating for wildlife/hunting magazines. She is well published in that field, and also in the Native American art circles. She is one of the featured artists in the Native Peoples Art Calendar for the year 2000 (the December artist). Rogers State University offers a video about the artist as produced from their FOCUS ON ART television program entitled, "The Art of Susan Thomas".
Known as the "Indian Philosopher" for the narratives that accompany her paintings, Susan began to write the words without the art in l997. Her words eventually became her 1st book, WALK WITH SPIRIT: A Native American Approach To Spirituality. Her 2nd book, SEEKS THE TRUTH is scheduled for release in early 2000.