Tim Akers

{{short description|American author of speculative fiction (born 1972)}} {{Infobox writer |name = John Timothy Akers |image = |caption = |pseudonym = Tim Akers |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|12}} |birth_place = Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Author |genre = Science fiction, fantasy |movement = |magnum_opus = |debut_works = |influences = |influenced = |website = {{URL|https://www.timakers.net/}} }}

'''John Timothy Akers''' (born December 12, 1972) is an American author of speculative fiction.<ref name="Abt">Akers, Tim. "[https://www.timakers.net/about/ About]," on timakers.net.</ref><ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb name|id=108248|name=Tim Akers}}</ref> He writes as '''Tim Akers'''.<ref name="Abt"/><ref name="ISFDB"/>

==Life== John Timothy Akers was born in rural Buncombe County, North Carolina, the only son of John Nance Akers, a theologian.<ref name="Abt"/><ref name="GR">[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/207694.Tim_Akers Tim Akers] on goodreads.com.</ref><ref name="NCBI">North Carolina. Register of Deeds. ''North Carolina Birth Indexes, 1800-2000''. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives, v. 61, p. 2387.</ref> He moved to Chicago, Illinois for college, and has resided in that area since.<ref name="Abt"/><ref name="GR"/> He is married.<ref name="Abt"/><ref name="GR"/>

==Writing career== Akers has been active in the speculative fiction field since 2004.<ref name="ISFDB"/> His work has appeared in various periodicals and anthologies, including ''Apex Magazine'', ''ChiZine'', ''Clarkesworld Magazine'', ''Electric Velocipede'', ''Interzone'', ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three'', ''Strange Horizons'', and ''Transmissions from Beyond''.<ref name="ISFDB"/>

==Bibliography== {{Library resources box|about=no|by=yes}}

=== Burn Cycle=== #''Heart of Veridon'' (2009) #''Dead of Veridon'' (2011) *''Bones of Veridon'' (collection) (2013)

===The Hallowed War=== #''The Pagan Night'' (2016) #''The Iron Hound'' (2017) #''The Winter Vow'' (2018)

===Knight Watch=== # ''Knight Watch'' (2020) # ''Valhellions'' (2022)

===The Spiritbinder Saga=== # ''Wraithbound'' (2023)

===Other novels=== *'' The Horns of Ruin'' (2010)

===Short stories=== {{div col|content= *"Memory Analog" (2004) *"A Walking of Crows" (2006) *"The Song" (2006) *"Distro" (2006) *"Toke" (2007) *"The Algorithm" (2007) *"A Soul Stitched to Iron" (2009) *"The Quiet Front" (2013) *"The Angel of Divine Intent" (2016) *"A Death in the Wayward Drift" (2017) }}

===Nonfiction=== {{div col|content= *"Faith in the Fantastic" (2012) }}

==Awards== ''The Pagan Night'' was a preliminary nominee for the 2017 Gemmell Award.<ref name="ISFDB"/>

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