Tim Wendel (born 1956 in Philadelphia) is an American writer whose books include narrative nonfiction and several novels.

Those works include Summer of '68, Cancer Crossings, High Heat, and the popular sports novel Castro's Curveball.

Wendel grew up in Lockport, New York, and spent his winters playing hockey and his summers sailing on Lake Ontario.

[2] After beginning his writing career as a sportswriter, with such titles as Going for the Gold, The New Face of Baseball, and Buffalo, Home of the Braves, Wendel found success as an award-winning novelist.

He is a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellow and Tennessee Williams Scholar to the Sewanee Writers' Conference.