Timothy M. Gay

Timothy M. Gay is the Pulitzer-nominated author of four award-winning books: Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend; Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson; Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Hal Boyle, and Homer Bigart; and Savage Will: The Daring Rescue of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines. His articles and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Daily Beast, and many other publications. He has been featured on PBS’ History Detectives, NPR, and various documentaries that have aired in both the US and Europe. The proud parents of three and the grandparents of two, Tim and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Vienna, Virginia. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.