Welcome!
I’m a novelist, educator, and travel guide based in Vermont. A detailed bio is here.
On this site you can read about my books: The Afterlife Project, named a best book of 2025 by Library Journal and the Toronto Star, The Gatepost (coming soon!), A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing, and Will Poole’s Island. You can read some of my essays and short fiction, and learn about upcoming events and travel programs. Check the press page for the latest interviews, profiles, and features.
“The book is very propulsive . . . ” Listen to Tim’s recent interview with Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak here.
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Perfect for fans of adventurous literary speculative novels like Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility, and Richard Powers’s Bewilderment, The Gatepost blends modern science and ancient cosmology to take readers on a journey offering glimpses into worlds beyond our own.
“This spellbinder from Weed . . . is sure to entertain.” — Publisher’s Weekly
“A hallucinatory thriller is a fascinating concept, and the plot is a treat . . . A compellingly trippy journey. —Kirkus Reviews
“This suspenseful story explores fascinating ideas about reality and perception using an intriguing format that will keep readers turning pages.” — Library Journal
“A wild, luminous ride.” — Crystal King, bestselling author of The Happiness Collector
The Gatepost is available in paperback, audiobook, or ebook from major on-line retailers or from your FAVORITE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE.
“Riveting and wrenching and suffused with beauty.” — Peter Heller, bestselling author of The Dog Stars
“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 fascinating tale that is difficult to put down.”— Library Journal, 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
“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, Best Books of 2025 pick.
The Afterlife Project is available at your favorite independent bookstore, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Audible, Libro.fm, Amazon, 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
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.
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
Will Poole’s Island is available from your local bookstore or at Audible Libro.fm Barnes & Noble Bookshop.org or anywhere else good books are sold.
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 