About Tim Gilmer

Tim Gilmer graduated with a bachelor’s from UCLA in the late 1960s, added a master’s from Southern Oregon University in 1977, taught writing classes in Portland for 12 years, then embarked on a writing career. After becoming an Oregon Literary Fellow, he went on to join New Mobility magazine in 2000 as its editor for 18 years. In 2010 he completed a year-long course in UCLA’s Professional Screenwriting Program online and added an advanced course from the same program in 2015. He has published more than 100 articles and 200 columns, as well as occasional movie reviews and essays. He and Sam, his wife and companion of 47 years, own and operate an organic farm south of Portland, where they live with their daughter, son-in-law, four grandsons and a resident barn owl.