Tim Dorsey

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born

January 01, 1961 in Indiana, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.timdorsey.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Tim Dorsey was born in Indiana, moved to Florida at the age of 1, and grew up in a small town about an hour north of Miami called Riviera Beach. He graduated from Auburn University in 1983. While at Auburn, he was editor of the student newspaper, The Plainsman.

From 1983 to 1987, he was a police and courts reporter for The Alabama Journal, the now-defunct evening newspaper in Montgomery. He joined The Tampa Tribune in 1987 as a general assignment reporter. He also worked as a political reporter in the Tribune’s Tallahassee bureau and a copy desk editor. From 1994 to 1999, he was the Tribune’s night metro editor. He left the paper in August 1999 to write full time.

Tim has since published twelve novels in several lang...more

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Books by Tim Dorsey

Average rating: 3.98 · 11,191 ratings · 1,224 reviews · 16 distinct works

	Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms Mystery, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,575 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Triggerfish Twist (Serge Storms Mystery, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Hammerhead Ranch Motel (Serge Storms Mystery, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Stingray Shuffle 4.10 avg rating — 925 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Orange Crush 3.94 avg rating — 920 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Hurricane Punch (Serge Storms Mystery, #9) 4.04 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Atomic Lobster (Serge Storms Mystery, #10) 3.86 avg rating — 856 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Torpedo Juice 4.10 avg rating — 770 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cadillac Beach (Serge Storms Mystery, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Big Bamboo (Serge Storms Mystery, #8) 4.00 avg rating — 688 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Series by Tim Dorsey

Serge Storms Mystery (15 books)
by Tim Dorsey

3.98 avg rating — 11,195 ratings

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“Relieve stress through hysterical screaming”
― Tim Dorsey

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“I don't suffer from insanity. I can actually say that I enjoy it.”
― Tim Dorsey

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“The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews.”
― Tim Dorsey, Triggerfish Twist

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