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Timothy Braun (born 1975 in Muncie, Indiana) is an American writer. Described as “American Baroque” Braun developed his aesthetic by studying various techniques of dramatic writing including vaudeville, fantastic realism, and the avant-garde with writer/director Richard Foreman.

Braun prefers work in small theatres and site-specific spaces that have included subway cars, parking lots, apartments, and stairways. His plays have been presented in Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington, and Ireland. Braun also writes non-fiction essays for independent newspapers and websites, most notably the Austin Chronicle, fiction for Quay Journal of the Arts, Silent City and has donated writings to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.

In 1997 Braun graduated from Ball State University where he studied American History and Theatre. Braun then attended the University of New Mexico’s MA Theatre and Dance program as a Hartung fellow. He continued his education with earning an MFA in Theatre (writing emphasis) from Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City in May of 2002.

Residencies and fellowships include Anderson Center for the Interdisciplinary Studies, Blue Mountain Center for the Arts and Humanities, Edward F. Albee Foundation, HERE Arts Center, MacDowell Colony, Prairie Center Of The Arts, Robert MacNamara Foundation, and Ucross Foundation.

For 2008 Braun's writing is supported by the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and a Dorothy Norton Clay Fellowship from the Mary Anderson Center For The Arts.

Braun will be an artist-in-residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute for the 2008-2009 season.

On Saturday mornings Braun often performs "storytime" for children at the Barnes and Noble on the north side of Austin and volunteers with the Storybook Project. He now splits time between New York City and his home in the Texas Hill Country where he is a professor of writing in the University of Texas at San Antonio's School of Humanities.