Timothy Denevi is the author of Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD, which has been hailed as “a memoir about emotional vulnerability and recovery in the literary tradition of Styron and Susanna Kaysen” and as “a lasting story about mind, heart, and soul.”  Tim’s been awarded fellowships by The MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. A regular contributor to magazines such as Gulf Coast, Arts & Letters, Hobart, Make, and Instant City, he lives near Washington, DC and is the Nonfiction Visiting Writer in the MFA program at George Mason University.

“Before I started my MFA at Iowa, I didn't have very much experience with nonfiction as a genre. Suddenly I was taking classes on the historical origins of the essay and reading works of a more hybridized style; I was exposed to new forms that, in their diversity, articulated the enormous range of possibility that nonfiction offers. I like to think that I left Iowa with a much clearer understanding of what fully-realized, artistic work can look like, a perspective that's helped me better perceive the shortcomings in my own writing. During my time in the program I also met so many fantastically talented essayists, some of whom have become lifelong friends, and even after we left Iowa we've remained in touch, a community that continues to provide support and insight into the craft of writing.”