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Tim Johnston

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Iowa City, IA

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Tim Johnston is the author of the novels THE CURRENT and DESCENT, the story collection IRISH GIRL, and the YA novel NEVER SO GREEN. A New York Times, USA Today, and Indie national bestseller, Descent has been published internationally and optioned for film. The stories of Irish Girl won an O. Henry Prize, the New Letters Award for Writers, and the Gival Press Short Story Award, while the collection itself won the 2009 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. In 2005 the title story, “Irish Girl,” was included in the David Sedaris anthology of favorites, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules. Tim’s stories have also appeared in New England Review, New Letters, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, Double Take, Best Life Magazine, ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 37,445 ratings · 4,776 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Descent 3.60 avg rating — 22,239 ratings — published 2015 — 33 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
	Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris (Editor), Richard Yates (Contributor), Dorothy Parker (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 8,511 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Current 3.63 avg rating — 7,492 ratings — published 2019	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
	Irish Girl: Stories 3.88 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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
	Never So Green 3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2002 — 2 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
	Distant Sons 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 5 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

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Distant Sons [not so distant]

Happy to report that the new novel (formerly known as With These Hands), is due to land on the American continent October 17, 2023! Time moves slowly in the book-making process, then…FAST!

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Tim Johnston made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 16) topic " Hello, I've got two books showing up on my author's page that are not mine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and https://www.goodreads.com/book/s ...more "
Sep 12, 2023 07:11PM
Tim Johnston and 1 other person liked Drew McCoy's review of Distant Sons: "Johnston writes the perfect literary thriller, crime drama. Just enough plot, just enough pacing to keep the pages turning but his prose, good lord, the man can flat write, and I didn't want this one to end. Third book in and he keeps getting better " Read more of this review »
Sep 12, 2023 06:40PM · see review
Tim Johnston made a comment on Distant Sons [not so distant] " Gordon wrote: "Thanks for the tip ☺️ I’ll put it on my list !!" [Here's a little known fact about Distant Sons, just between us: it features a characte ...more "
Apr 22, 2023 07:01PM · see blog post
Tim Johnston made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Also not my book topic " Just noticed there's a 2nd book appearing on my dashboard that is not mine: Getting Off The Nickel by Tim Johnston Appreciate the removal of it. Thanks! ...more "
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Tim Johnston made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — not my book topic " Howdy. Looking for help in removing this book from my author's page, since it is not mine: Society-on-Demand by Tim Johnston Thanks! ...more "
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Tim Johnston made a comment on New Novel is On The Way " Thank you! & stay tuned! "
May 19, 2022 10:49AM · see blog post
Tim Johnston answered Ginny's question: I just wanted to say thank you for recommending Michael Lewis’ book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. I read it with my mouth hanging open. Wow….we only thought we knew what was happening. Brilliant writing and research. Disturbing! I also have The Furious Hours to read on your recommendation. Any other suggestions? Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari!
Dec 26, 2021 04:13PM · like

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“Long after everyone else has given up and gone home and gotten on with their lives, he would keep on believing because, without evidence, you could never kill his belief.”
― Tim Johnston, Descent

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“Did the mind break down or did it simply correct? Vectoring away from pain?”
― Tim Johnston, Descent

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“Here is a hilarious, surprising, tender, always genuine tale of American youth in the crosshairs of the new century--a battle of growing pains culminating in a bloody headlock with nature, family, machismo, activism, and love. CB Murphy has written a terrific and timely novel which speeds by and ends, like youth itself, far too quickly.”
― Tim Johnston

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June Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books Move onto Final Poll

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

6 votes, 17.6%

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda

6 votes, 17.6%

Carnegie's Maid

by Marie Benedict

5 votes, 14.7%

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

by Jennifer Chiaverini

5 votes, 14.7%

Daughter of Moloka'i

by Alan Brennert

3 votes, 8.8%

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

3 votes, 8.8%

Oona Out of Order

by Margarita Montimore

3 votes, 8.8%

The Current

by Tim Johnston

2 votes, 5.9%

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi

1 vote, 2.9%

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

by Phaedra Patrick

0 votes, 0.0%

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