Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada's foremost writers - an award-winning novelist, playwright, and short-story writer who began his career as an actor in London. This is the first full biography of this eminent Canadian writer.

In this first full biography of Timothy Findley, Sherrill Grace explores Findley's life-long struggle with his craft, his bouts of despair and fear of failure, and his sustaining faith in the human imagination. In her penetrating examination of his award-winning novels, plays, stories, and non-fiction, and using his diaries and letters, interviews, and archival materials, Grace draws points of departure and development from Findley's life and work.