Tim Applegate was born in Fort Benning, Georgia and grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1978 he obtained a B.A. degree in journalism and literature from Indiana University. Tim has lived in Boston, Sarasota, Florida, and for the last twenty-three years on two acres in the foothills of the coastal range of western Oregon. He is married and has two daughters. He grows wine grapes on his acreage, is an avid hiker, and travels extensively. Tim's poetry, essays, and short fiction have been published in The Florida Review, The South Dakota Review, Lake Effect, and many other literary journals. He is the author of the poetry collections At the End of Day (Traprock Books) and Blueprints (Turnstone Books of Oregon), the chapbook Drydock (and other poems) (Blue Cubicle Press), and the novels Fever Tree (Amberjack Publishing) and Flamingo Lane (forthcoming from Amberjack Publishing December 2018).