T.D. (Tim) Johnston
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T.D. Johnston | |
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| Born | Timothy Dwight Johnston July 18, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Pen name | T.D. Johnston • Tim Johnston |
| Alma mater | Davidson College • Antioch University |
| Genre | Literary • suspense • crime thriller |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Spouse | Stacey Hammond (2003-present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
| tdjohnston.com | |
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T.D. Johnston (born July 18, 1961) is an American author best known for his crime novel, Reciprocity (2022), as well as his short stories.
Early Life[edit]
Timothy Dwight Johnston was born July 18, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Ruth Johnston. Johnston's family moved to Durham, North Carolina, where his father served as headmaster at Durham Academy.
His love for short fiction was fostered in his middle school years. In high school, Johnston was the only sophomore on Durham Academy's state championship basketball team, and he started at quarterback in football and in centerfield in baseball. In his sophomore year in Durham, his family moved to Milwaukee, where Johnston attended the University School of Milwaukee.
Johnston enrolled at Davidson College in 1979 and graduated with a major in English in 1983. He received his Master's in Creative Writing from Antioch University in 2003.
Career[edit]
In 2008(?), Johnston's wife, Stacey, completed her residency to become a doctor. Johnston then resigned from his position as headmaster of Beaufort Academy in South Carolina and decided to start writing full-time.
Johnston, with a great, life-long love for short stories, set out to write his own. He aspired to make short stories popular again. MORE HERE
Short Story America MORE HERE
Friday Afternoon and Other Stories MORE HERE
Weeding for Eisenhower MORE HERE
Reciprocity was optioned by and is in development as a multi-season television series by Universal. MORE HERE
Influence[edit]
Johnston's short stories as described as literary, and his novels are thrillers. This follows his reading passions from throughout his life. As a reader, he has always admired the literary masters of the short story, from the American greats (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Connor, Poe, London, Carver, Cheever et al) to the Russian masters like Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, and Leo Tolstoy. As a fan of novels since middle school, he's gravitated to the thrillers of Alistair MacLean, Robert Ludlum, Ken Follett, Stephen King, Peter Straub, John Grisham, and to authors of cautionary dystopian tales like George Orwell, Upton Sinclair, Margaret Atwood, and Sinclair Lewis. When Johnston writes novels, he writes what he wants to read, as he's always done with short stories. His reading preferences have naturally influenced his writing.
Johnston has also been deeply influenced by Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone, as those stories are fiction as commentary.
Personal Life[edit]
Johnston is married to Dr. Stacey Hammond, with whom he has three children: twins Brooke and Taylor (b. 2003), and Nick (b. 2013). Tim and Stacey met in 2002 as educators at Pace Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. They were married on June 14, 2003. Johnston and his family currently reside in Orange Park, Florida and Beaufort, South Carolina.
Johnston was a longtime high school English teacher and basketball coach. He taught American Literature, World Literature, and Creative Writing in top college preparatory schools.
A huge baseball fan, Johnston has been in the same fantasy baseball league for 36 years.
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Reciprocity (2022)
- Upcoming?
Short Story Collections[edit]
- Friday Afternoon and Other Stories (2016)
- Weeding for Eisenhower: Stories (2021)
Other[edit]
- Series Editor for Short Story America, Volumes One through Seven
Awards[edit]
Winner of the 2017 International Book Award for his debut book, Friday Afternoon and Other Stories MORE HERE
Finalist for International Book Award 2022 Reciprocity MORE HERE
Any other awards listed here.
References[edit]
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