About Tim
Tim wrote his first story - a tale about a girl with round spectacles, a lightning-bolt-shaped scar and magic - when he was nine years old. (OK, so the bit about the scar isn’t true.)
Portrait by Kristin Owen
After studying criminology and English literature at university, and working widely and dangerously as a landscaper and labourer, Tim obtained a cadetship at The Sun News-Pictorial. A decade in journalism followed at newspapers including The Age, Herald Sun, The Weekly Times and The Australian.
Journalism saw Tim travel to India, Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and throughout country Victoria, covering everything from crime to politics. He won several awards before switching to online media, working briefly as a film reviewer and then as a website editor.
Tim’s first novel, Game as Ned, is a re-imagining of the Ned Kelly story exploring themes such as bullying, difference and injustice. Told through the eyes of two teenagers, the book has attracted rave reviews from secondary students, particularly from the toughest critics of all - reluctant readers. Game as Ned is a Children’s Book Council of Australia notable book (2008), and was long-listed for the Inky and Ned Kelly awards. It was also recommended as a book “useful for therapists” in the 2007 Australian Family Therapists Award for children’s literature.
Tim’s next novel for young adults, Five Parts Dead, will be published by Text Publishing in 2010.
TIM AT A GLANCE:
Family
Married to the lovely Kristin with two offspring - one dragon and one monkey
Favourite books
Atonement by Ian McEwan; Before I Die by Jenny Downham; The Road by Cormac McCarthy; The Messenger by Markus Zusak (to name but a few)
Favourite destinations
Australia: Croajingalong, Vic; Great Ocean Road, Vic; Kangaroo Island, SA; Kings Canyon, NT; Snowy River, Vic-NSW.
Elsewhere: Kyoto, Japan; Jaipur, India; Yosemite NP, California, USA
Favourite films
Cyrano de Bergerac; The Incredibles; The Lives of Others; The Matrix; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Three Kings
Favourite musos
Ben Folds; Ben Harper; Bruce Springsteen; Coldplay; Jack Johnson; John Butler Trio; Paul Kelly; The Waifs
Favourite TV
Australian Story; Heroes; Skins; Top Gear
Footy team
North Melbourne
Hobbies
Cycling; gardening
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