Timothy Schaffert

Timothy Schaffert is a writer and professor who serves as Adele Hall Chair of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was raised on a farm in Hamilton County, Nebraska. He has published several novels, including The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters, and short fiction in anthologies and journals such as Prairie Schooner and Ploughshares. His fairy-tale writing appears in anthologies of modern fairy tales. He guest edited The Brown Issue of Fairy Tale Review in 2011 and co-edited its Emerald Issue with founding editor Kate Bernheimer. He has also been described as a contributing editor to the journal.