Independent imprint

Timberline Road
Publishing

Two distinct author identities. One publishing home.

Timberline Road Publishing presents the fiction of John Thomas Donnelly and Evelyn Marie Shantz: literary work shaped by memory, pressure, history and consequence.

John Thomas Donnelly
John Thomas Donnelly
Evelyn Marie Shantz
Evelyn Marie Shantz

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The imprint

Independent by design.

Timberline Road Publishing is an independent publishing imprint, not a claim of corporate scale. It exists to give two separate bodies of work a stable production, catalogue and media home while keeping each author’s voice and readership distinct.

Clear authorship.

Accurate catalogue records.

Serious presentation without inflated claims.

Our authors

Two writers. Separate worlds.

Each author maintains an independent website, journal, catalogue and reader community.

Literary fiction · Crime · Suspense · Alternate history

John Thomas Donnelly

Irish-Canadian author of novels and stories about damaged families, institutions, hidden violence and the cost of telling the truth too late.

Queer literary crime · Psychological suspense · Historical fiction

Evelyn Marie Shantz

Author of fiction in which women notice the evidence, the omissions and the human cost before the people with power decide what the story is allowed to mean.

Selected titles

From the current catalogue.

These links lead to the official author pages for descriptions, samples and retailer information.

Cover of The Cut, Book Two of The Transmission Era by John Thomas Donnelly

John Thomas Donnelly · September 15, 2026

The Cut

Journals

Writers in public.

The author journals publish essays on influence, craft, books and the cultural pressures surrounding the fiction.

John Thomas Donnelly Read the Journal Evelyn Marie Shantz Read the Journal

Publishing and media inquiries

Rights, review copies, interviews and bookseller questions.

For imprint inquiries:

For title-specific information, samples or reader updates, use the official author websites above.