Welcome!
I’m a novelist, educator, and travel guide based in Vermont. My latest novel, The Afterlife Project, was named a best book of 2025 by Library Journal and the Toronto Star. On this site you can read all about it and my other books of fiction: Will Poole’s Island, A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing (stories), and The Gatepost (forthcoming). A detailed bio is here.
You can learn about upcoming appearances, workshops, and travel programs, or send me a direct message. On the press page, you’ll find links to print and radio interviews, profiles, feature articles, and high-resolution images. Click here to get in touch!
The Afterlife Project is available at your favorite independent bookstore, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Audible, or anywhere else good books are sold.
“Riveting and wrenching and suffused with beauty.”
— Peter Heller, bestselling author of The Dog Stars
“A fascinating tale that is difficult to put down; dire ecological challenges and imaginative future discovery combine in this very engrossing read.“— Library Journal, starred review & Best Books 2025 pick
“A dark yet hopeful story that is engrossing enough to be a beach read.” — Seven Days
“A gripping novel of climate cataclysm with a cast of characters I cared about deeply.” — Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Flight Attendant
“It’s a relatively simple idea, but Tim Weed makes it into something special with first rate nature writing and a story that underlines how connected we all are to our human and physical environment—which can be a source of resilience even as everything falls apart together.” — Toronto Star
“The Afterlife Project isn’t just a story about the end of the world as we know it – it’s an exploration of beauty, and love, and hope in the darkness. If you were a fan of Cloud Atlas, you won’t want to miss this one.” — Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Paradise.
A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing is available to order from your favorite local bookstore or in paperback, audiobook, and ebook at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Audible, or anywhere else good books are sold.
“From the mountain lakes of the Colorado Rockies to cobbled streets of Spain, this fascinating collection of short stories never disappoints. A Field Guide to Murder and Fly Fishing is a collection you’ll be happy to get lost in.” — Ploughshares
“I found myself consuming [these] thirteen tightly wound tales with addictive delight.” — Fiction Writers Review
“Weed proves himself a skilled creator of a sense of place . . . each story deposits one definitively into a geography, of mind and map.” — The Boston Globe
“From the title page to the last page, this is a book of gems.” — Big Sky Journal
Available from your local bookstore or at Audible Libro.fm Barnes & Noble Bookshop.org or anywhere else good books are sold.
“Immersive . . . This riveting portrayal of early Colonial New England shines a speculative but compelling light on the time and place.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Will Poole’s Island does several things and does them well. It is a sweet coming-of-age story, a riveting adventure tale, an insightful analysis of a difficult time in American history and an eloquent plea for understanding among all peoples.” — The Recorder (Greenfield, Mass)
“It’s been so long since I felt like a little girl in love with books again. Treasure Island, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Yearling, lazing around on a spot of sunshine totally engrossed in this other, historical world, that’s how I feel about Will Poole’s Island.” — Suzanne Kingsbury, author of The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me
Listen to a public radio interview with Vermont Edition’s Mitch Wertlieb about the inspirations and scientific research behind THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT, time travel, post-apocalyptic fiction, paleo-climatology, novel research in the great outdoors, whether stories can move the needle on the climate debate, and much more.
Tim Weed 