Timothy Paleczny

Canadian author Timothy Paleczny provides historically grounded fiction that immerses you in significant moments in history, connects you with intriguing characters, and inspires reflection on meaning, mystery, and the human experience.

His portfolio includes a novel, a stage play, and a poetry collection, each examining the complexities individuals face amidst moral and ethical challenges.

Breath of the Adamastor (2026) is the story of a marine biologist's tour of duty during WWII in Portugal. To pursue her research of sea turtles, Ardis Lowney navigates Lisbon’s neutral yet dangerous political landscape before making an extraordinary discovery at sea. Breath of the Adamastor is the second edition of A Life on Water (2023).

A Bill to Pay (2024) is a coming-of-age comedy about a young man, his grandfather, and friends who come to appreciate the price of life’s little decisions. Harking back to a time of simpler values when the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) of 1988 was in the news, A Bill to Pay calls to mind what was lost and the price Canadians continued to pay.

The Tale of Indigo (2023) is a poem that explores our most-enduring myth—creation—and the great issues of our time—greed, our war with pathogens, and climate change.

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