Tim Dorsey

Tim Dorsey (born January 25, 1961) is an American novelist. He is known for a series starring Serge A. Storms, a mentally disturbed vigilante antihero who rampages across Florida enforcing his own moral code against a variety of low-life criminals.

Tim Dorsey
Dorsey at a book signing at Haslam's Book Store in 2011
Dorsey at a book signing at Haslam's Book Store in 2011
Born (1961-01-25) January 25, 1961
Carmel, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBishop Guertin High School
Auburn University
Children2
Website
www.timdorsey.com

Biography

Dorsey was born in Carmel, Indiana and was taken to Florida by his mother at the age of 1. He grew up in Riviera Beach, a small town in Palm Beach County just north of West Palm Beach. Dorsey graduated from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua N.H, in 1979.[1]

He attended Auburn University, where he became the editor of The Auburn Plainsman, the student newspaper; he wrote about racism while at Auburn.[2] Dorsey graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree in Transportation. After graduation, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, and served as a police reporter for a local newspaper. In 1987, Dorsey relocated to Tampa, Florida, and became a reporter for The Tampa Tribune. Until he resigned from the paper in 1999 to write full-time, he worked variously as political reporter, correspondent in the Tribune's Tallahassee bureau, copy desk editor, and, finally, night metro editor and news coordinator.

Currently, Dorsey lives in Tampa with his wife and two daughters. He is a Boston Red Sox fan due to his mother and the nuns and brothers from Bishop Guertin High School he attended as a child being from New Hampshire. He is also a Tampa Bay Rays fan from living in the same city.[3]

Serge Storms
Main article: Serge A. Storms

Most of Dorsey's novels feature Serge A. Storms as the primary character. The character has several coexisting mental illnesses that render him obsessive, psychopathic, schizophrenic, and frequently homicidal, but Storms serves as the anti-hero in Dorsey's works due to his strong sense of moral absolutism and justice. Serge is intelligent, and frequently devises wildly inventive ways of condemning villains (or at least who he perceives as such) to death. His co-pilot in the majority of his adventures is Coleman, whose personality is the exact opposite of Serge. Whereas Serge is a high-strung straight-edged coffee addict, Coleman is an alcoholic drug user who goes to extreme lengths to maintain his buzz.

Novels by Tim Dorsey
Order of
Publication		 Order in
Chronology[4]		 Title Publication ISBN
12Florida Roadkill1999ISBN 978-0-06-113922-2
23Hammerhead Ranch Motel2000ISBN 978-0-380-73234-0
35Orange Crush2001ISBN 978-0-06-103154-0
41Triggerfish Twist2002ISBN 978-0-06-103155-7
54The Stingray Shuffle2003ISBN 978-0-06-055693-8
66Cadillac Beach2004ISBN 978-0-06-055694-5
77Torpedo Juice2005ISBN 978-0-06-058561-7
88The Big Bamboo2006ISBN 978-0-06-058563-1
99Hurricane Punch2007ISBN 978-0-06-082967-4
1010Atomic Lobster2008ISBN 978-0-06-082969-8
1111Nuclear Jellyfish2009ISBN 978-0-06-143266-8
1212Gator A-Go-Go2010ISBN 978-0-06-143271-2
1313Electric Barracuda2011ISBN 978-0-06-187689-9
1414When Elves Attack2011ISBN 978-0-06-209284-7
1515Pineapple Grenade2012ISBN 978-0-06-187690-5
1616The Riptide Ultra-Glide2013ISBN 978-0-06-209278-6
1717Tiger Shrimp Tango2014ISBN 978-0-06-209281-6
1818Shark Skin Suite2015ISBN 978-0-06-224001-9
1919Coconut CowboyJanuary 26, 2016ISBN 978-0-06-224004-0
2020Clownfish BluesJanuary 24, 2017ISBN 978-0-06-242922-3
2121The Pope of Palm BeachJanuary 30, 2018ISBN 978-0-06-242926-1
2222No Sunscreen for the DeadJanuary 15, 2019ISBN 978-0062795885
2323Naked Came the Florida ManJanuary 7, 2020ISBN 978-0062796004
2424Tropic of StupidJanuary 26, 2021ISBN 978-0062967503
2525Mermaid ConfidentialJanuary 25, 2022ISBN 978-0062967534
2626The Maltese IguanaFebruary 28, 2023ISBN 978-0063240629

Short stories and Essay collections by Tim Dorsey
  • Florida Roadkill: A Survival Guide (2010)
  • Squall Lines: Selected articles & essays (2012) ISBN 978-1-47-925806-2
  • Tropical Warning: An Original Serge Storms Story and Other Debris (2013)

References
  1. Shaw, A. (Spring 2012). Gunfights and Florida History: An Interview with Tim Dorsey. Saw Palm, 6, 25-30. Retrieved from http://www.sawpalm.org/uploads/6/6/2/8/6628902/saw_palm_-_volume_6_-_2012.pdf on 2 February 2022.
  2. Washington, Jesse (2015-02-12). "Up From Leeds". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. interview "In the footsteps of subversives" by Anna Mundow, Boston Globe February 25, 2007.
  4. "Tim Dorsey". www.timdorsey.com.
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