Tim Deal

Tim Deal is a Bram Stoker Award nominated writer and editor and was the publisher of Shroud Publishing LLC, a NH-based publisher of dark speculative fiction. He taught creative writing and liberal arts at two New England universities, and helped found AnthoCon, a New England speculative fiction and art conference.

He is the creator of the Scandalous Adventures of Hiram Grange and authored the first novel in the series. He has also published a number of short stories, essays, and articles in a variety of print and online publications.

In 2007, Tim launched Shroud Magazine, the Journal of Dark Fiction and Art (a Black Quill nominee), which in 2008 was selected by Ingram Periodicals for North American retail distribution through the Barnes & Noble retail chain.

He has edited four anthologies, two of which were simultaneously recommended for Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers' Association with BENEATH THE SURFACE ultimately garnering the nomination.

Tim has a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Southern NH University, and a Master of Professional Studies in National Security Studies from The George Washington University.

Prior to his career in writing and publishing, Tim was a police officer, paratrooper, and military adviser.

Tim now lives and writes in a small village north of London.