J. Timothy Hunt Explained

James Timothy Hunt
Pseudonym:Tim Beiser
Birth Date:1 April 1959
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Author, journalist, script supervisor
Nationality:American/Canadian
Genre:Non-fiction, children's fiction, science fiction

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

Biography

Hunt was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and attended university in Montana, receiving a B.S. in Economics and Business Administration from Rocky Mountain College in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 2004, and resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Grignan, France, with his husband, Morton Beiser and twin sons, Daniel and Rowan.[1]

Publishing

Hunt is the author of eight published books. He has been nominated twice for Canada's Governor General's Awards, and four times for Canadian National Magazine Awards. He has received two Canada Council Grants for writing and has been writer in residence three times at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico.[2] He received a B.A.A. in Journalism from Toronto's Ryerson University in 1999.

Hunt has written for several Canadian newspapers and magazines, including National Post Business, Toronto Life, Elm Street, Reader's Digest, and Saturday Night. A feature article in Saturday Night in June 2000 about Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa was expanded in 2005 into the book The Politics of Bones.

In 2007, Hunt began writing children's fiction for Tundra Books under the pseudonym Tim Beiser.

Film and television

Since 2013, Hunt as worked as a script supervisor, screenwriter, and actor in the film and television industry.[3] He holds a master's degree in film studies from Staffordshire University.

Books

As J. Timothy Hunt

As Tim Beiser

List of awards

As Tim Beiser

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Blachowitz . Perri . The Beiser-Hunt Family: A Beautiful Life . 30 July 2018 . 9 . Best Version Media . July 2018.
  2. Book: Hunt . J. Timothy . Script Supervision and Continuity Course Handbook . 2022 . Adhemar Press . Toronto . 9798846480001 . 123.
  3. Web site: Hunt. J. Timothy. Script Supervisor. IMDB. 13 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Tim Beiser | Penguin Random House.
  5. Web site: Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser: 9781770492516 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books.
  6. Web site: The Canada Council for the Arts - Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards . 2016-03-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011247/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/wi128999467161854957.htm . 2010-07-27 .
  7. Web site: CBA Libris Awards 2010 Shortlist « Talking with Tundra . tundrabooks.wordpress.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718112251/http://tundrabooks.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/cba-libris-awards-2010-shortlist/ . 2011-07-18.
  8. Web site: Forest of Reading? 2010 - Blue Spruce? . www.accessola.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091030053329/http://www.accessola.com/forest2010/BlueSpruce . 2009-10-30.
  9. Web site: Canadian Toy Testing Council . 2010-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221020458/http://www.toy-testing.org/greatbooks2010.html . 2010-02-21 .
  10. http://www.chocolatelilyawards.com