Peter Timms was born and educated in Melbourne and currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania. Between 1971 and 1988 he held curatorial positions in a number of public art galleries and museums, including Shepparton Art Gallery, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1984 for study in Europe, and an Australia Council Senior Writers' Fellowship in 1994. Since 1988 he has worked as a freelance journalist and author, contributing to publications both within Australia and overseas. He was editor of Art Monthly Australia for five years and has served as art critic for the Age and Tasmanian art critic for the Australian. Peter writes on a wide range of subjects, including Australian art, garden history, the natural environment and Australian social history. He has published a dozen books, including Hobart (in the New South Cities series), Making Nature, What's Wrong with Contemporary Art?, Australia's Quarter Acre, and Private Lives: Australians at home since Federation.
Praise for Peter Timms
'Peter Timms is an accomplished stylist ... He has a sharp satirical eye.' - Sydney Morning Herald
'A witty and assured debut. Peter Timms's stylish novel offers a coming of age story that is also a perceptive exploration of the darkness in a nation’s soul.' - Michelle de Kretser on Asking for Trouble