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Lisa Timpf

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Simcoe, Ontario

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Science Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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December 2016

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Lisa Timpf is a retired human resources and communications professional who lives in Simcoe, Ontario.

Her writing has appeared in a number of venues, including Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog, New Myths, Third Flatiron, and Scifaikuest.

She has self-published a collection of creative non-fiction and poetry entitled A Trail That Twines: Reflections on Life and Nature, and wrote a non-fiction book about a tennis club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia entitled St. George's Lawn Tennis Club: The First Hundred Years.

A graduate of McMaster University's Physical Education program, Ms. Timpf also completed course work toward an MSc in Sport History at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

When not writing, Lisa enjoys cycling a ...more

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	Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog: 101 Tales of Family, Friendship & Fun by Tammy Collins Gibson (Editor), Lisa Timpf (Goodreads Author), Vickie J. Litten (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog: 101 Heartwarming Stories about Our Happy, Heroic & Hilarious Pets by Amy Newmark (Goodreads Author), Victoria Otto Franzese (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lisa Timpf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future Days by Christopher G. Nuttall (Goodreads Author), Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author), P.P. Corcoran (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!: 101 Stories about Adventure, Change and Positive Thinking by Amy Newmark (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Timpf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 72 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cats and Dogs in Space it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Push Back the Darkness 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Timpf rated a book really liked it The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything by James Barrat (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything by James Barrat provides sober second thought about the rush to develop Artificial Intelligence. Barrat includes comments from experts as he delves into the various ways that the developm ...more
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Lisa Timpf rated a book it was amazing Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) by Waubgeshig Rice (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Timpf rated a book it was amazing The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There by Sinclair McKay	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Lots of interesting information in this book, supported by comments from those who were there. The book traces the development of various code-breaking methods used, and emphasizes the secrecy aspect, and the reasons the requirement for secrecy was e ...more
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Lisa Timpf rated a book it was amazing Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ever since my first exposure to John Scalzi’s writing, which if I recall correctly might have been the novel Redshirts, I’ve enjoyed the Scalzi’s wit and world-building. Starter Villain, published in 2023, was no exception. The opening felt somewhat s ...more
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Lisa Timpf rated a book it was amazing The House of Saints (Venus Ascendant #2) by Derek Künsken (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Timpf rated a book it was amazing Cycling to Asylum by Su J. Sokol (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Timpf rated a book really liked it The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Perhaps it’s only human to be discontent with what we have. I don’t know about other people, but I confess that I’ve sometimes pondered what-ifs, things that might be different now if I’d taken another path. And I’ll admit to sometimes envying other ...more
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Lisa Timpf rated a book really liked it King Kwong: Larry Kwong, the China Clipper who Broke the NHL colour Barrier by Paula Johanson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a fan of both hockey and sports history, I found "King Kwong" an informative and entertaining read. "King Kwong" is smoothly written, well researched, and gives us a feel for what life was like for Larry Kwong as a hockey player and a person. Ther ...more
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Lisa Timpf made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add "The Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy" to author profile topic " Thanks! Lisa "
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Lisa Timpf made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Rhapsody of the Spheres--please add to author profile topic " If it's possible to add Rhapsody of the Spheres, edited by Julian Rew, to my author profile, that would be great. I have a short humor piece titled "T ...more "
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