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Tim Mason

4 Series • 10 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Inspector Charles Field Books
Start with: The Darwin Affair (2019)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Last Synapsid (2009)
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Publication Order of Plays
Start with: Levitation. (1984)

ⓘ About Tim Mason

During high school Tim Mason performed in numerous plays at the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. He got his degree at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and studied at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, England in 1971. While he was in college he wrote a number of plays for the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which includes “Robin Hood: A Story of the Forest and Kidnapped in London”, which won the 1972 National Society of Arts and Letters Award. Tim has won a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, the Hollywood DramaLogue Award, the W. Alton Jones Foundation Award, the Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Berilla Kerr Playwrights Award. “In A Northern Landscape” is a play that was released in 1998.

All Book Series by Tim Mason

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The Darwin Affair

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2019

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2019
2
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The Nightingale Affair

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2023

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2023
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The Last Synapsid

Single-title series · published 2009

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2009
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Levitation.

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1984

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1984
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Ascension Day

Book 2 of 6 · published 1991

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1991
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The Fiery Furnace

Book 3 of 6 · published 1994

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1994
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Only You

Book 4 of 6 · published 1995

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1995
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Babylon Gardens.

Book 5 of 6 · published 1998

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1998
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In a Northern Landscape.

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 1998

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1998
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Ten Plays for Children

Single-title series · published 1997

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1997

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tim Mason?

During high school Tim Mason performed in numerous plays at the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. He got his degree at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and studied at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, England in 1971. While he was in college he wrote a number of plays for the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which includes “Robin Hood: A Story of the Forest and Kidnapped in London”, which won the 1972 National Society of Arts and Letters Award.

Which Tim Mason series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Inspector Charles Field series, the earliest of Tim Mason's multi-book series: it opens with The Darwin Affair (2019) and runs to 2 books across 2019–2023, ending with The Nightingale Affair (2023).

How many books has Tim Mason written?

Tim Mason has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2023. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Inspector Charles Field series with 2 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Tim Mason's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tim Mason's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Inspector Charles Field (2019–2023, 2 books).

How are Tim Mason's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tim Mason's 10 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Inspector Charles Field (2 books, 2019–2023).