Tim Johnston (born

Iowa City Iowa City is the largest city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's fifth-most populous city. The Iowa City metropolitan area, which enc ...

) is the author of the story collection ''Irish Girl'' and the novels ''Never So Green'' and ''Descent: a novel''.

Life

He graduated from the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...

, and the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

. He worked as a carpenter. He is the 2011 Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence at The

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

. His stories have also appeared in ''Best Life Magazine, California Quarterly, Colorado Review, Double Take, New England Review, New Letters, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, '', and ''Narrative Magazine''.

Awards

''Irish Girl'' won an

O. Henry Prize The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty best ...

, 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 David Raymond Sedaris ( ; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay " Santaland Diaries". He published his first col ...

anthology of favorites, ''Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules''.

Works

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"Two Years"
''Narrative'' * * *

References

External links

Author's blog"Tim Johnston's Irish Girl"
''Iowa Review'', Sara Jaffe
"Interview with Tim Johnston"
''Forth Magazine'', Carolyn Blais, March 12, 2010
"Interview: Tim Johnston"
''pagetopixels'', 22 April 2011

''GW English'' September 16, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Tim American short story writers Living people Writers from Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Year of birth missing (living people)