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James Timothy Hunt (born April 1, 1959) is an American-
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and
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. He has also written children's books under the pen name Tim Beiser.


Biography

Hunt was born and raised in
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, California, and attended university in
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, receiving a B.S. in Economics and Business Administration from
Rocky Mountain College Rocky Mountain College (Rocky or RMC) is a private college in Billings, Montana. It offers 50 liberal arts and professional majors in 24 undergraduate disciplines. In fall 2013, the college had 1069 enrolled students. It is affiliated with the ...
in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 2004, and resides in
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,
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, Canada, and
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, France, with his husband,
Morton Beiser Morton Beiser, CM, MD, FRCP (born November 16, 1936) is a Canadian professor, psychiatrist and epidemiologist known for his research in the fields of immigration and resettlement. He is Professor of Distinction at Toronto Metropolitan Univers ...
and twin sons, Daniel and Rowan.


Publishing

During his 16 years as a resident of
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, he became known as a
playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and author of
science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel univers ...
short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
. His plays ''Angel Fire'' and ''The Lunatic'' were presented Off-Off Broadway. His short fiction can be found in the anthologies ''Lovers and Other Monsters'' and ''Don't Open This Book'', both published by Doubleday. He has been writer in residence three times at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of
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, and was the founder of The Writers' Workout creative writing studio in New York. He received a B.A.A. in Journalism from Toronto's
Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Tor ...
in 1999. Hunt has written for many publications in Canada, including '' National Post Business'', ''
Toronto Life ''Toronto Life'' is a monthly magazine about entertainment, politics and life in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ''Toronto Life'' also publishes a number of annual special interest guides about the city, including ''Real Estate'', ''Stylebook'', ''Eatin ...
'', ''Elm Street'', ''
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,'' and '' Saturday Night''. A feature article in ''Saturday Night'' in June 2000 about
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, brother of controversially-executed
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, was expanded in 2005 into a book about the ordeal, '' The Politics of Bones''. In 2007, Hunt began writing children's fiction for Tundra Books under the pseudonym Tim Beiser. He is the author of '' Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog'' published by Tundra Books (2009). In his "fresh" rhyming verses, Beiser employs "all the tricks of the trade, such as enjambment, sound echoes, and internal rhyme."


Film and television

Since 2013, Hunt as worked as a
script supervisor A script supervisor (also called continuity supervisor or script) is a member of a film crew who oversees the continuity of the motion picture including wardrobe, props, set dressing, hair, makeup and the actions of the actors during a scene. The ...
,
screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. T ...
, and
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
in the film and television industry.


Books


As J. Timothy Hunt

* '' The Politics of Bones'' * '' Killing Time in Taos'' * '' Madame de Sévigné and Her Children at the Court of Versailles'', translator


As Tim Beiser

* '' Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog'' * '' Miss Mousie's Blind Date'' * ''Little Chicken Duck'' * ''There, There''


Awards and recognitions

Hunt was recognized in 2005 by the 29th annual
National Magazine Award The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Or ...
s for an article in ''Saturday Night'' about his own same-sex marriage. His profile of ''
The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...
'' magazine's
Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published seven books: '' The Tipping Point: How Little T ...
won three North American journalism awards and was nominated in 2000 for a Canadian National Magazine Award.


List of awards

*
Canada Council for the Arts The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal in ...
: "The Marquise Skull Affair," (Creative Writing Grant), 2007 * Canadian National Magazine Award: "For Better or Worse?" (Nominee, Best Essay), 2006 *
Canada Council for the Arts The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal in ...
: "The Politics of Bones," (Creative Writing Grant), 2001 * Canadian National Magazine Award: "The politics of bones," (Nominee, Best Profile), 2001 * Canadian National Magazine Award: "Moving target," (Nominee, Best Technology Article), 2001 * Canadian National Magazine Award: "An Incredible Hodgepodge of Weirdness," (Nominee, Best Profile), 2000 * James H. Carter Award, 1999 * Mark Bastien Award: "An Incredible Hodgepodge of Weirdness," (Best Article), 1999 * AJEMC Award: "An Incredible Hodgepodge of Weirdness," (silver), 1999 * Gordon Sinclair Award, 1998 * Chinese Community Award, 1998 * Women's Press Club of Toronto Award, 1998 * Poets & Writers' Jean Paiva Award:"Best New Writer," 1993


As Tim Beiser

* Governor General's Award, Children's Literature Illustration (Nominee) 2009 & 2013 * Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award 2010—Children's Picture Book of the Year (Nominee) * Ontario Library Association's 2010 Forest of Reading, Blue Spruce Award (Nominee) *
Canadian Toy Testing Council The Canadian Toy Testing Council was a volunteer-operated not-for-profit organization established in 1952 to test toys for playability and safety. The organization ceased operations in June 2015. History Each year, the organization solicited fam ...
, Top 10 Books of the year 2010. * Chocolate Lily Book Awards 2010-2011, Picture book (Nominee) http://www.chocolatelilyawards.com


References


External links


Official Website
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