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Tim Johnston
Tim Johnston is the author of the novel DESCENT (Jan 6, 2015 from Algonquin Books), the story collection IRISH GIRL, and the Young Adult novel NEVER SO GREEN. Published in 2009, the stories of IRISH GIRL won an O. Henry Prize, the New Letters Award for Writers, and the Gival Press Short Story... show more

Tim Johnston is the author of the novel DESCENT (Jan 6, 2015 from Algonquin Books), the story collection IRISH GIRL, and the Young Adult novel NEVER SO GREEN. Published in 2009, 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. Tim's stories have also appeared in New England Review, New Letters, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, Double Take, Best Life Magazine, and Narrative Magazine, among others. He holds degrees from the University of Iowa and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In 2011-12 he was the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington Fellow at The George Washington University, and he currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Memphis. For more, please go to timjohnston.net.On Twitter: @TJohnstonWriterOn Facebook: TimJohnston.Writer
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
Honestly this is going to be a short review. I did not like this book. I thought it was try hard of the most try hard literary books I have read in quite some time. I have no idea why Tim Johnston wrote this book like it was a terrible Dan Brown screenplay, but he did. All of the writing was overwro...
Let's Talk About Books
Let's Talk About Books rated it 9 years ago
I am so glad to be done with this book. Seriously, I hated it. I know hate is a strong word, and maybe I was just hungry while reading, but I had a seething rage towards this book. I have never been so disappointed by a book, at least not since high school. So let's dive in. Descent is about a fa...
debbiekrenzer
debbiekrenzer rated it 10 years ago
Thank you Algonquin and Net Galley for providing me with this free e-galley in exchange for an honest review. I am also sorry it took me this long to figure out how to download the galley into the appropriate reading medium. I usually use Kindle and this was a different format for me.That being said...
JDCMustReadBooks
JDCMustReadBooks rated it 10 years ago
By: Tim JohnstonASIN: B00KNCWLO8Publisher: Algonquin BooksPublication Date: 1/06/2015 Format: AudioMy Rating: 5 Stars + I am utterly speechless! DESCENT has to be made into a movie, and I want a front row seat. Tim Johnston delivers an extraordinary "work of art", narrated by an award-winning perf...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 10 years ago
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