{"id":171,"date":"2015-11-10T19:14:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/?p=171"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:30:56","slug":"author-tim-dorsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communications-educational-information\/author-tim-dorsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Tim Dorsey at St. Petersburg\/Gibbs, Tarpon Springs campuses Nov. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/11\/Dorsey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/communication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/11\/Dorsey-300x298-custom.jpg\" alt=\"Dorsey\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College\u00a0Learning Resources<\/a> presents author Tim Dorsey, best-selling novelist and former Tampa Tribune journalist, who will discuss his Florida-based mystery novels at \u00a0both the St. Petersburg\/Gibbs and\u00a0Tarpon Springs campuses on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In the Stacks with Florida Author Tim Dorsey&#8221; is FREE and open to the college community and the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These events are sponsored by the Tarpon Springs Campus Student Government Association, the St. Petersburg\/Gibbs Campus Student Life and Leadership and the Friends of the West St. Petersburg Community Library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events at both locations are set for \u00a0Wednesday, Nov. 18:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 p.m. at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/tsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarpon Springs Campus<\/a> FA Auditorium<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6:30 p.m. at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/libraries\/#tab=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West St. Petersburg Community Library<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/spg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg\/Gibbs Campus<\/a>, Second Floor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Tim Dorsey was born in Indiana, moved to Florida at the age of 1, and grew up in a small town about an hour north of Miami called Riviera Beach,&#8221; according to his biography. &#8220;He graduated from Auburn University in 1983. 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