Timothy P. Egan, an American author and journalist, has made a significant impact through his works and contributions to the literary world. Egan's impressive career includes nine books, with his first, The Good Rain, winning the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award in 1991. His expertise and storytelling have afforded him the prestigious National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Worst Hard Time, a poignant account of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.

Egan's dedication to his craft and diligent research is further exemplified in Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, a book on the eminent photographer Edward Curtis, which garnered him the 2013 Carnegie Medal for Excellence for nonfiction. Another notable work, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, discusses the 1910 Great Fire's influence on the United States Forest Service and Theodore Roosevelt's political challenges. This book also earned Egan accolades, including a second Washington State Book Award in History/Biography and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.

His contributions extend beyond books, as Egan has been a part of award-winning journalism. He was a contributor to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series for National Reporting by The New York Times, "How Race is Lived in America". Based in Seattle, Egan is a third-generation Westerner, bringing a rich personal history to his writings.