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Bestsellers World: The Museum of Lies is "Terrific. Engaging."

Bestsellers World calls The Museum of Lies "an enjoyable (if somewhat unsettling) read that will leave you thinking back on your own life and wondering what about your existence you can prove." "The character work in The Museum of Lies is terrific. Hunt does a beautiful job of portraying Cary as a profoundly troubled man who is constantly looking to fix himself and is never satisfied with the results. He shows Cary at various points in his youth enduring significantly damaging forms of abuse and humiliation. While the severity of these traumas varies greatly, we see how even comparatively minor embarrassments can take their toll and contribute to the mental breakdown of a bright and promising child." "The Museum of Lies is a quick read that is portrayed more as a collection of vignettes with a common theme than a standard novel. The non-linear storytelling spanning decades is engaging as the reader is constantly bouncing back and forth between cause and effect...
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Kirkus Reviews: "A masterful storyteller"

Kirkus Reviews calls The Museum of Lies "A funny, dark, and deeply human novel about what shapes us as human beings. "Leaping back and forth between childhood traumas and the yo-yo dieting and personal humiliations of his adulthood, Hunt’s novel follows Cary’s unlikely journey toward self-understanding via recovered memory therapy—though whether the memories he ends up recovering are true (and what they might mean for his sense of himself) is not so cut and dried. The writing is as psychologically acute as it is funny ..." "Hunt is a masterful storyteller, escalating his protagonist’s misadventures to the point of farcical truth. Cary feels just responsible enough for his predicaments to make him a compellingly tragic figure, someone whose larger-than-life problems feel both real and searingly relevant to the reader." Read the full review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/j-timothy-hunt/the-museum-of-lies/ AVAILABLE NOW IN PAPERBACK, KINDLE &...

Latest novel: "The Museum of Lies"

 My latest novel, The Museum of Lies , has just been released!  Cary Scott's reminiscence of a life filled with unbelievable bouts of good fortune mixed with episodes of soul-crushing physical and emotional abuse is placed in doubt after his therapist is accused in the media of implanting false memories in patients. ISBN 978-1-915785-43-5 AVAILABLE NOW IN PAPERBACK, KINDLE & KOBO! CANADA --  https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-museum-of-lies/9781915785435.html USA --  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-museum-of-lies-j-timothy-hunt/1146824031 USA -- https://www.amazon.com/Museum-Lies-J-Timothy-Hunt/dp/191578543X UK --  https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-museum-of-lies/j-timothy-hunt/9781915785435

Get a career in the film industry!

 Get a paid job in the film industry -- learn continuity! The job of script supervisor is vital to every filmed project that has a script: i.e., movies, television shows, commercials, web series, animation, and short films. The script supervisor is the professional on set who makes sure that everything in the script gets filmed, and everything that gets filmed can be edited together seamlessly without continuity errors. This is one of the least understood disciplines of film, as well as one of the departments with the fewest amount of trained professionals available. Script supervisors are always in demand and jobs often go begging in this department because there are very few script supervisors in the world. Competition for jobs in this niche of the industry is VERY small.  I have been teaching film continuity for 15 years in Toronto, Canada, and London, England, and have written a comprehensive guide to getting started in the profession. (You can check out my film credi...

In the News

 J. Timothy Hunt and his family were featured in the cover story of Toronto magazine "Neighbours of Yorkville & the Annex." (Issue no 9, July 2018. Best Version Media).

For those who love to read mysteries ...

J. Timothy Hunt has returned to genre fiction with his new murder mystery Killing Time in Taos .  An artist colony in Taos, New Mexico, has an unexpected vacancy to fill, and a young painter is offered the first major residency of his career. A few days after his arrival, this shy, closeted young man discovers the reason such an opportunity became available – when he stumbles upon the corpse of the artist who preceded him. Killing Time in Taos is available in both paperback and Kindle format at Amazon.com. CLICK HERE TO ORDER

New in translation ...

For the first time in English, Adhemar Press presents Madame de Sévigné and Her Children at the Court of Versailles . Originally published in 1882, this delightful children's story by le Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) is now in a modern English translation by J. Timothy Hunt . Along with the original illustrations, this volume contains biographies and portraits of all the historical figures mentioned in Jacob's exciting fictional adventure. Available in both paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.com. CLICK HERE TO ORDER