Tim Larkin was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1971. He joined the US Naval Reserves as an Anti-submarine Warfare Operator. He attended the University of Illinois where he studied abroad in Versailles, France for two semesters. For 12 years, he worked as an architect. He worked on many building types including homes, schools, churches, a theater, and other commercial buildings. He has two books available for Kindle. The novel, American Intelligence, and a screenplay, A.D: A Screenplay.