Tim Wendel

Tim Wendel is the author of nine books, including HIGH HEAT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE FASTBALL AND THE IMPROBABLE SEARCH FOR THE FASTEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME (Da Capo Press), which was an Editor's Selection by The New York Times Book Review.

This spring will see the release of his most ambitious nonfiction project -- SUMMER OF '68: THE SEASON WHEN BASEBALL -- AND AMERICA -- CHANGED FOREVER, (Da Capo).

Tim has published two novels -- CASTRO'S CURVEBALL (Ballantine/​U of Nebraska) and RED RAIN (Writers' Lair). In addition, his book THE NEW FACE OF BASEBALL (HarperCollins) was named Top History Book for 2004 by the Latino Literary Council.

His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, Washingtonian, National Geographic Traveler, Huffington Post, The Potomac Review, Gargoyle, GQ and Esquire. His columns appear on the USA Today op-ed page, where he is on the Board of Contributors.

Tim teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at Johns Hopkins University, where he received the 2009 Award for Teaching Excellence and the Professional Achievement Award in 2004 and 2010. He is a Walter E. Dakin Fellow and Tennessee Williams Scholar to the Sewanee Writing Conference, and a Pen/​Faulkner visiting writer to the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. He received his master's in writing from Johns Hopkins and a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism from Syracuse University.

Born in Philadelphia, he was raised in Lockport, N.Y. One of his first jobs was writing music reviews for The Buffalo Courier-Express. Since then he's worked on both coasts and in between, covering everything from the Olympics to politics to the America's Cup.

He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and their two children.