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After being graduated from Bowdoin College,
Dr. Alan Tinkler spent a couple of years working as a commercial loan
officer in Boston before venturing to Papua New Guinea for a two-year tour
of duty as a Peace Corps volunteer. While in the Pacific, he traveled to
Australia, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Dr. Tinkler received an M.A. in English from
Oklahoma State University. While in Stillwater, he volunteered as a Big
Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters. He was also a member of the board,
serving terms as treasurer, assistant vice president, and president. He
received his Ph.D. in English (with a concentration in Creative Writing)
from the University of Denver. His dissertation,
Malaria Journal, is a novel
loosely based on his experience in Papua New Guinea. He is currently
working on another novel, Perhaps the
Last Survivor. His work has appeared in
The Review of Contemporary Fiction,
Rain Taxi,
Beloit Fiction Journal,
Fiction International, and
Post Road. He is an Associate
Editor of
Conjunctions, a
literary journal edited by Bradford Morrow and published by Bard College. |
