Tim Wendel

Writer in residence -- Johns Hopkins University

Books
The Season When Baseball and America Changed Forever
The Fastball and Joan Didion
Now on Kindle.

Tim Wendel is the author of SUMMER OF '68: THE SEASON WHEN BASEBALL, AND AMERICA, CHANGED FOREVER, (Da Capo). The narrative nonfiction work was a Top 10 choice by Publisher's Weekly and a Notable Book for 2013 by the State of Michigan.

His latest work, HABANA LIBRE: A NOVELLA (CityLit Press), received endorsements from Michael Kimball, S.L. Price and Holly Goddard Jones.

HIGH HEAT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE FASTBALL AND THE IMPROBABLE SEARCH FOR THE FASTEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME -- was an Editor's Selection by The New York Times Book Review.

Of his nine books, Tim has published several novels, including CASTRO'S CURVEBALL (Ballantine/U of Nebraska) and RED RAIN (Writers' Lair).

His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, Washingtonian, National Geographic Traveler, Huffington Post, GQ and Esquire.

Tim is a writer in residence at Johns Hopkins University, where he received the 2009 Award for Teaching Excellence and the Professional Achievement Award in 2004 and 2010.