Jim Lynch
Biography
Jim Lynch
Jim Lynch is the author of three novels set in Western Washington. His most recent offering is TRUTH LIKE THE SUN (April, 2012), which Knopf is calling a "classic and hugely entertaining political novel." His first novel, THE HIGHEST TIDE (2005), won the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award, was performed on stage in Seattle and became an international bestseller after it was featured on England's Richard and Judy television show. His second novel, BORDER SONGS (2009), was also adapted to the stage and won the Washington State Book Award as well as the Indie's Choice Honor Book Award. The film rights have been sold for THE HIGHEST TIDE and TV rights for BORDER SONGS.
Lynch grew up in the Seattle area and graduated from the University of Washington before bouncing around the country as a reporter for newspapers in Alaska, Virginia and for columnist Jack Anderson in Washington, D.C. Returning to the Northwest, he wrote for the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the Portland Oregonian and the Seattle Times. His national honors along the way included the H.L. Mencken Award and Livingston Young Journalist Award for National Reporting. He now lives in Olympia, Washington with his wife, Denise, and daughter, Grace.
Jim Lynch
