Evenings with the Author: Tim Dorsey

Great works of literature can be entertaining or educational but they all share the ability to transport the reader to a different time or place through their stories. Join us at Weedon Island Preserve for Evenings with the Author, a program that introduces readers to the masterminds behind some of their favorite stories and provides a look into the process of how these books were written.

This Evening’s guest will be Tim Dorsey, an iconic Florida writer who is well known for his series starring Serge A. Storms, a mentally-disturbed vigilante antihero who rampages across Florida enforcing his own moral code against a variety of low-life criminals. Dorsey will also discuss his newest work in this series, The Pope of Palm Beach, that was published in January of this year.

The program will begin at 7:00pm with complimentary refreshments available between 6:30-7:00pm.

Biography:

Tim Dorsey was born in Indiana, moved to Florida at the age of 1, and grew up in a small town about an hour north of Miami called Riviera Beach. He graduated from Auburn University in 1983. While at Auburn, he was editor of the student newspaper, The Plainsman. From 1983 to 1987, he was a police and courts reporter for The Alabama Journal, the now-defunct evening newspaper in Montgomery. He joined The Tampa Tribune in 1987 as a general assignment reporter. He also worked as a political reporter in the Tribune’s Tallahassee bureau and a copy desk editor. From 1994 to 1999, he was the Tribune’s night metro editor. He left the paper in August 1999 to write full time. Tim is the author of over 20 books with his most recent work being The Pope of Palm Beach.

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