Bill Sharpsteen is a freelance photographer and writer. He has shown his art photography at more than 20 exhibitions throughout the Northwest and Southwest. His popular moonlit landscapes have been published in Los Angeles Times, Westways (the article won the 1996 Lowell Thomas Award, Society of American Travel Writers, for best illustrated article), and Outdoor Photographer. His editorial photographs have appeared in The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, Emmy, Transpacific, Westways, Washington Journey and Buzzworm.

His articles have appeared in Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, The Washington Post, TV Guide, Entrepreneur, Outdoor Photographer, Alaska Airlines Magazine, Westways, Washington Journey, Emmy, Buzzworm, Seattle Weekly, Visio and Transpacific. Preferring to cover a wide variety of subjects, Sharpsteen has written about such topics as business, television, the environment, personalities, travel and entertainment.

Sharpsteen also photographs and writes for several car manufacturers including American Honda Motors and Kia Motors of America. The projects have included brochures, magazines, sales seminars and training manuals.

Sharpsteen worked during the early 1980s as an award-winning documentary producer for PBS, covering Alaska Natives and the social issues facing them. Those shows garnered such awards as a silver medal in the 1983 International Film & TV Festival of New York, the Lincoln Unity Award and Alaska Press Club awards for best documentary and best video photography.

Sharpsteen received his BA in Communications (summa cum laude) from Washington State University in 1980. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Gloria.