Author and creative artist, poet, playwright, visual artist, musician, sculptor, researcher, teacher, and the list goes on! Throughout his life, the late Timothy Callender studied, practiced and taught various forms of Art in Barbados and other Caribbean islands. At the annual National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) in Barbados, he won various awards for short stories, poetry, drama and painting. Several of his stories, plays, poems and essays have been published in anthologies, newspapers and magazines. He held annual exhibitions of his paintings, which today, are without a doubt some of the most highly coveted, collectors items, worldwide. He also practiced music on the drum, the flute and the guitar, explored the art form of sculpture, and read constantly.

He gained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Honours from the University of the West Indies, or U.W.I., at the Mona campus in Kingston, Jamaica. Here is where he also got a head start to his Masters degree, which he initiated with a focus in Literature. While studying at Mona during the late sixties, he saw the now-famous, Reggae legend, Bob Marley, perform several times, and had discussions with him on these occasions. This was during a time when Marley was still quite unknown to the world. Callender, however, predicted since back then, that Marley would become very famous because of the very profound lyrics of his music. As we can see today, it was a prediction that was indeed accurate among many others that Timothy Callender had!

Callender went on to successfully complete his Masters in Art and Design at the University of London in England. During his teaching career, he taught English and Creative Writing, Use of English, Drama, Art and Music (the Guitar) at various schools and Colleges in Barbados, St. Kitts and Jamaica.

Unfortunately, Callender died in 1989 at the age of 43 before he had fulfilled his desire to express himself fully as a sculptor. He left many unpublished works that are only now finding their way into print. He always generously shared his knowledge and hopefully Tales of the Caribbean will continue to do what he did during his lifetime. He is survived by his wife Lorna and two children, Okolo and Nayo.