
He spent his teenage years in a wheelchair because of rheumatic arthritis following an attack of rheumatic fever. He is also an anthologist, editor of several volumes of Victorian and Edwardian fiction and poetry.īorn in rural eastern Tennessee, near the small town of Crossville, Sims has described in interviews how he grew up in a household without a telephone, an automobile, or, at times, indoor plumbing.

His books include Darwin's Orchestra (1997), Adam's Navel (2003), Apollo’s Fire (2007), In the Womb: Animals (2009), and The Story of Charlotte's Web (2011).


Michael Sims (born Februin Crossville, TN) is an American nonfiction writer.
