Tim Dorsey





Tim Dorsey

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January 01, 1961 in Indiana, The United States

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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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Average rating: 3.98 · 11,191 ratings · 1,224 reviews · 16 distinct works
Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,575 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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Triggerfish Twist (Serge Storm...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions
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Hammerhead Ranch Motel (Serge...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,020 ratings6 editions
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The Stingray Shuffle
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 925 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
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Orange Crush
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 920 ratings8 editions
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Hurricane Punch (Serge Storms...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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Atomic Lobster (Serge Storms M...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 856 ratings11 editions
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Torpedo Juice
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 770 ratings7 editions
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Cadillac Beach (Serge Storms M...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions
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The Big Bamboo (Serge Storms M...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 688 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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More books by Tim Dorsey…
Florida Roadkill Hammerhead Ranch Motel Orange Crush Triggerfish Twist The Stingray Shuffle Cadillac Beach Torpedo Juice
Serge Storms Mystery (15 books)
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“Relieve stress through hysterical screaming”
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“I don't suffer from insanity. I can actually say that I enjoy it.”
Tim Dorsey

“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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