Tim Cahill (writer)
Tim Cahill | |
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Born | 1944 (age 76–77)[1][2] Nashville, Tennessee, USA[1][3] |
Occupation | Adventure travel writer |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.A. in European intellectual history from Wisconsin[1][3] M.A. in Creative Writing from SF State[1][3] (1970)[4] |
Genre | travel writing |
Spouse | Linnea Larson (deceased) |
Tim Cahill (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a travel writer who lives in Livingston, Montana, United States. He is a founding editor of Outside magazine and currently serves as an "Editor at Large" for the magazine.
Biography[]
Cahill spent his childhood primarily in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a swimming scholarship. Along with professional long-distance driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill set a world record for speed in driving the entire length of the American continents, from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina up along the Pan-American Highway to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in twenty-three days, twenty-two hours, and forty-three minutes. This trip was the source material for his book Road Fever. He has written several books recounting his Adventure travel experiences and blends his own brand of humor into his stories. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Adventure magazine.[5]
Cahill lost his wife, Linnea Larson, to a traffic accident in April 2008.[6]
Bibliography[]
- , Bantam Books: 1986. ISBN 0-553-05115-6
- , Bantam Books: 1987. ISBN 0-553-34276-2
- , Vintage Books: 1989. ISBN 0-679-72026-X
- , Random House: 1991. ISBN 0-394-57656-X
- , Random House: 1993. ISBN 0-679-40735-9
- , Villard: 1997. ISBN 0-679-45625-2
- , National Geographic: 2000. ISBN 0-7922-7594-2
- , Villard: 2002. ISBN 0-375-50766-3
- , Crown Journeys: 2004. ISBN 1-4000-4622-X
- (editor), Travelers' Tales: 2000. ISBN 1-885211-55-4
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Drew, Bernard Alger (2008). 100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 48–51. ISBN 9781591584872.
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- ^ Tim Cahill bio, WeRead.com (accessed online 2009-02-04)[dead link]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Tim Cahill bio , BookRags.com (accessed online 2009-02-04)(subscription required)
- ^ 100 Countries and Counting, SF State Magazine, Fall/Winter 2008 (accessed online 23 April 2017)
- ^ "Publications Index". shadow.ngs.org. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ Linnea Larson obituary, Bozeman Chronicle, May 2, 2008 (accessed online 2009-02-04)
External links[]
- Works by or about Tim Cahill in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Tim Cahill at Curlie
- Tim Cahill, Mishap Maestro, Outside Bozeman, March 2000 (accessed online 2009-04-02)
- A Google Map of Cahill's transcontinental drive in "Road Fever"
- Tim Cahill on the birth of Outside
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Writers from Nashville, Tennessee
- People from Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Writers from Tennessee
- Writers from Wisconsin
- American travel writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- San Francisco State University alumni
- American magazine editors
- American magazine writers
- American magazine journalists