The New York Times has called Jim Lynch a gifted and original novelist. He is the author of three novels set in Western Washington. His most recent offering is Truth Like the Sun (April, 2012), which has received international acclaim and will be released in paperback on January 22. NY Times reviewer Janet Maslin picked Truth as one of her 10 favorite books of 2012.

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 Englands 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 Indies Choice Honor Book Award. The film rights have been sold for The Highest Tide and TV rights for Border Songs.

Lynch grew up near Seattle 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 included the Livingston Young Journalist Award for National Reporting. He now lives in Olympia, Washington with his wife, Denise, and daughter, Grace.

Photograph courtesy of Grace Lynch