Tim Dorsey

Timothy Alan Dorsey (January 25, 1961 – November 26, 2023) was an American novelist. He is known for a series starring Serge A. Storms, a mentally disturbed vigilante antihero who rampages across Florida enforcing his own moral code against a variety of low-life criminals.

Biography

Tim Dorsey was born in Carmel, Indiana, and was taken to Florida by his mother at the age of 1. He grew up in Riviera Beach, a small town in Palm Beach County just north of West Palm Beach. Dorsey graduated from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, N.H., in 1979.

Dorsey attended Auburn University, where he became the editor of The Auburn Plainsman, the student newspaper; he wrote about racism while at Auburn. Dorsey graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree in Transportation. After graduation, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, and served as a police reporter for a local newspaper. In 1987, Dorsey relocated to Tampa, Florida, and became a reporter for The Tampa Tribune. Until he resigned from the paper in 1999 to write full-time, he worked variously as political reporter, correspondent in the Tribune's Tallahassee bureau, copy desk editor, and, finally, night metro editor and news coordinator.

Dorsey lived in Tampa with his wife and two daughters and was a Tampa Bay Rays fan. He also still considered himself a Boston Red Sox fan, cultivated while attending high school in New Hampshire as a teen.

Dorsey died in Islamorada, Florida, on November 26, 2023, at the age of 62.

Serge Storms

Most of Dorsey's novels feature Serge A. Storms as the primary character. The character has several coexisting mental illnesses that render him obsessive, psychopathic, schizophrenic, and frequently homicidal, but Storms serves as the anti-hero in Dorsey's works due to his strong sense of moral absolutism and justice. Serge is intelligent, and frequently devises wildly inventive ways of condemning villains (or at least who he perceives as such) to death. His co-pilot in the majority of his adventures is Coleman, whose personality is the exact opposite of Serge. Whereas Serge is a high-strung straight-edged coffee addict, Coleman is an alcoholic drug user who goes to extreme lengths to maintain his buzz.

Novels by Tim Dorsey

Order of Publication	Order in Chronology	Title	Publication	ISBN
1	2	Florida Roadkill	1999	Template:ISBN
2	3	Hammerhead Ranch Motel	2000	Template:ISBN
3	5	Orange Crush	2001	Template:ISBN
4	1	Triggerfish Twist	2002	Template:ISBN
5	4	The Stingray Shuffle	2003	Template:ISBN
6	6	Cadillac Beach	2004	Template:ISBN
7	7	Torpedo Juice	2005	Template:ISBN
8	8	The Big Bamboo	2006	Template:ISBN
9	9	Hurricane Punch	2007	Template:ISBN
10	10	Atomic Lobster	2008	Template:ISBN
11	11	Nuclear Jellyfish	2009	Template:ISBN
12	12	Gator A-Go-Go	2010	Template:ISBN
13	13	Electric Barracuda	2011	Template:ISBN
14	14	When Elves Attack	2011	Template:ISBN
15	15	Pineapple Grenade	2012	Template:ISBN
16	16	The Riptide Ultra-Glide	2013	Template:ISBN
17	17	Tiger Shrimp Tango	2014	Template:ISBN
18	18	Shark Skin Suite	2015	Template:ISBN
19	19	Coconut Cowboy	January 26, 2016	Template:ISBN
20	20	Clownfish Blues	January 24, 2017	Template:ISBN
21	21	The Pope of Palm Beach	January 30, 2018	Template:ISBN
22	22	No Sunscreen for the Dead	January 15, 2019	Template:ISBN
23	23	Naked Came the Florida Man	January 7, 2020	Template:ISBN
24	24	Tropic of Stupid	January 26, 2021	Template:ISBN
25	25	Mermaid Confidential	January 25, 2022	Template:ISBN
26	26	The Maltese Iguana	February 28, 2023	Template:ISBN

Short stories and Essay collections by Tim Dorsey

• Florida Roadkill: A Survival Guide (2010)
• Squall Lines: Selected articles & essays (2012) Template:ISBN
• Tropical Warning: An Original Serge Storms Story and Other Debris (2013)

External links

• Tim Dorsey's website
• Powells' Interview with Tim Dorsey
• Tim Dorsey on Amazon
• Harper Collins page