Tim Mason is a playwright whose work has been produced in New York City and throughout the world. Among the honors he has received are a Kennedy Center Award for New American Plays, the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rockefeller Foundation grant. In addition to his dramatic plays, he wrote the book and lyrics for Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, which played two seasons on Broadway and tours nationally every year. He turned to novel writing later in life with a young adult work, The Last Synapsid, and the first of a series of historical thrillers, The Darwin Affair.
