<p>Tim Chapman is a former forensic scientist for the Chicago Police Department and writing instructor at Malcolm X College. He holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Northwestern University. His fiction has been published in The Southeast Review, the Chicago Reader, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Palooka, and the anthology, <em>The Rich and the Dead</em>. His first novel, <em>A Trace of Gold </em>(originally published as <em>Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold</em>) was a finalist in Shelf Unbound’s 2013 Best Indie Book competition. His short stories have been collected under the title <em>Kiddieland and other misfortunes</em>. His latest novel is <em>The Blue Silence</em>. When he’s not writing he’s editing the journal <em>Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove</em>, teaching martial arts or painting pretty pictures.</p>
