Tim Sullivan (1948-2024)
Author, actor, critic, and filmmaker Tim Sullivan, 76, died November 10, 2024 in hospice care in Newport News VA.
Timothy Robert Sullivan was born June 9, 1948 in Bangor ME. He studied literature and got his degree at Florida Atlantic University, and spent time in Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Southern California.
He began publishing SF with “Tachyon Rage” in 1977 (as Timothy Robert Sullivan). “Zeke” (1981) was a Nebula Awards finalist.
His first novels were tie-ins to the V science fiction TV miniseries, beginning with “V”: The Florida Project (1985); he wrote seven installments in all. First original novel Destiny’s End appeared in 1988. Other works include The Parasite War (1989), The Martian Viking (1991), and Lords of Creation (1992), and installments in the Mutants Amok series with David Bischoff (under the name Mark Grant). He also edited anthologies Tropical Chills (1988) and Cold Shocks (1991). He was a book reviewer for The Washington Post and an awards judge as well.
Sullivan was well known as an actor in low-budget SF and horror movies, including Twilight of the Dogs (1995), which he co-wrote. He wrote and directed Vampyre Femmes (1999), and had roles in Eyes of the Werewolf (1999), The Mark of Dracula (2000), Hollywood Mortuary (2000) and Deadly Scavengers (2001), frequently collaborating with director Ron Ford.
For more, see his entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
