Timothy Brushett is a child of the sixties who, at an early age, contracted a terminal case of reading, writing and daydreaming. While pursuing a college degree he came to the realization that he essentially knew nothing and chose instead to seek an education in the school of life. Ranch hand, bus driver and wilderness guide. Boat builder, cabinetmaker and luthier. Just a few of the way stations on a meandering and eventful career path. Throughout he continued to write, amassing a modest vault of plots, poems and songs; of notes, notions and roughed out character studies. A bequest from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust allowed for the realization of Crusoe and the Stone Gardener, his first published work. Timothy lives with his beloved wife, Bonnie, and their dog, Kayah, in the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada where he is scratching away at his next project, a collection of short stories.