Timothy J. Anderson

Who is Timothy J. Anderson?

Timothy J. Anderson is a writer, classical singer, actor and composer.

Anderson graduated from the Carleton School of Journalism, and has written professionally for the stage and television. He was a librettist-in-residence with the Canadian Opera Company in 1988/89 working with Denis Gougeon. He was an editor with "The Books Collective" from 1994 until 2005, when it was closed. In 2007 he won the inaugural BookTelevision reality TV show based on the 3-Day Novel. Stage credits include performing in the original Canadian cast of Phantom of the Opera. He has performed in "opera, oratorio and musicals across Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Carnegie Hall in New York". He has worked extensively with theater and opera for young audiences, including "an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast for which he wrote both text and music". In 2012 he wrote a play based on research into moral distress in paediatric intensive care teams; Anderson then adapted the play to film and released in 2014.