Born on a U.S. Air Force base in South Carolina, Tim Hull was brought to Arizona when he was just six months old and has since left only rarely. He grew up in Prescott, a small town in the state's north-central pinelands, where his mother's family has lived since the 1870s. Tim graduated from Arizona State University and has traveled extensively throughout the Southwest and Mexico.

Currently, Tim is a freelance writer based in Tucson, Arizona. He has been a staff writer and editor for Green Valley News in southern Arizona's Santa Cruz Valley and Inside Tucson Business. He has also written for Tucson Weekly, High Country News, CourthouseNews.com, and various other publications and websites. His fiction writing has been published in Santa Monica Review, Blue Mesa Review, and other arts journals. Tim is also the author of Moon Tucson.