About the author

Timothy Paleczny

<strong>Timothy Paleczny</strong> has written three works of fiction. <em>Breath of the Adamastor</em> (2026) is the reimagined second edition of <em>A Life on Water</em>, his debut novel that first appeared in 2023. <em>A Bill to Pay,</em> a play in two acts, appeared in<em> </em>2024, and <em>The Tale of Indigo</em>, a book of poetry, appeared in<em> </em>2022. From 1991 to 1997, Tim co-founded and led <em>Blood &amp; Aphorisms</em>, Canada’s bestselling fiction quarterly, according to the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association.<br>​​​​​​​<br>Tim worked as a corporate writer while he raised a son and a daughter. He has lived in Aurora, Toronto, Guelph, Calgary, and Waterloo. He has traveled across Canada, Europe, the UK and Ireland, the Caribbean, the United States, Brazil, Paraguay, Vietnam, and China. He now lives in Barrie, Ontario.<br>​​​​​​​<br>For more info, please visit his website “This is the Life” at cavalarico.com