About the Author

TIM MASON Broadway: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, book & lyrics (2006 & 2007). Off- Broadway: Levitation, Only You, Babylon Gardens (with Timothy Hutton and Mary- Louise Parker) and The Fiery Furnace (with Julie Harris), all produced by Circle Rep. Regional: ACT’s Young Conservatory San Francisco, The Young Americans Cycle (Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley, My Life in the Silents and The Life to Come), the Old Globe, San Diego, Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Victory Gardens, the Jungle Theatre (Minneapolis), the Guthrie Theater Lab and the Royal National Theatre, London. National Society of Arts & Letters Award, National Endowment for the Arts Award, Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays.

Tim’s first novel, The Last Synapsid, a fantasy-adventure for kids, is published by Random House.  His new historical thriller for adults, The Darwin Affair, will be published by Algonquin Books.