Baker Publishing Group

John Timmerman

Fiction, Memoir, Spirituality

John Timmerman is a former college professor who taught creative writing and American Literature. He is a decorated Vietnam war veteran, and volunteers at a veteran's home attending dying patients. He currently lives with his wife in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has published 26 books, including Light of the World: Daily Meditations for Advent and In the World: Reading and Writing as a Christian (co-authored with Donald Hettinga), as well as many short stories.


Festival Years: 1990, 1996, 2006