Tim W. Jackson

Tim W. Jackson’s career in publishing started at a young age. At 17 he began writing sports for his hometown newspaper, The Franklin County Times, in Alabama. He went on to the University of Alabama where he began writing for student publications, quickly becoming Assistant Sports Editor for the school paper. While maintaining a love of sports, Tim’s career took a different direction. He began writing about the arts, antiques, entertainment, and the outdoors. He has worked as a full-time employee for Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Canoe & Kayak magazines as well as at Radford University. Now based in Tuscumbia, Ala., just a few miles from the Natchez Trace Parkway, he works in the realm of destination marketing

When he's not busy working, he enjoys outdoors activities, watching sports, playing and/or listening to music, and spending time with his wife (and co-author), Taryn, and their two dogs Maple and Ginkgo.