Tim Bascom

Tim Bascom, whose newest book (The Boundless Game) is about the international appeal of soccer, is also the author of a novel, a collection of short stories, two collections of essays, and two prize-winning memoirs: Chameleon Days (winner of the Bakeless Prize in Nonfiction) and Running to the Fire (Finalist for IndieFab Memoir of the Year). Bascom, whose growing up years were split between Kansas and Ethiopia, writes often about cross-cultural themes, and he still plays pick-up soccer with a wonderful group of players from nations around the globe. After directing a college creative writing program in Iowa, he returned to Kansas as the Executive Director of the Kansas Book Festival, where his wife was elected as the first woman Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.