Tim W. Jackson is a migratory sort, born in Atlanta, started school in Indonesia and finishing in Egypt.
He was a press photographer in Florida, then wound up in the graduate writing program at Southern Methodist University in Texas.
His short fiction has appeared in numerous journals. His debut novel, Mangrove Underground, was a USA Book News Best Book Award finalist for literary fiction.
Tim currently works as a scuba instructor and boat captain in the Caribbean. His forthcoming second novel, Blacktip Island, is set in the same tropical locale as his Tales From Blacktip Island short stories.