Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14 1949), is a historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. He is probably the best-known and most popular author of the genre of alternate history.

Life of Harry Turtledove

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Turtledove was born in Los Angeles, California to a Jewish family. After flunking out of his freshman year at Caltech, he attended UCLA, where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was on The Immediate Successors of Justinian: A Study of the Persian Problem and of Continuity and Change in Internal Secular Affairs in the Later Roman Empire During the Reigns of Justin II and Tiberius II Constantine (AD 565–582).

In 1979, Turtledove published his first two novels, Wereblood and Werenight, under the pseudonym "Eric G. Iverson." Turtledove later explained that his editor at Belmont Tower did not think people would believe the author's real name was "Turtledove" and came up with something more Nordic. He continued to use the "Iverson" name until 1985, when he published his "Herbig-Haro" and "And So to Bed" under his real name. Another early pseudonym was "Mark Gordian." Turtledove has recently begun publishing historical novels under the pseudonym "H.N. Turteltaub" (taube means dove in German). He published three books as Dan Chernenko.

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On v.2 of "Axis of Time" techno-thriller sci-fi trilogy. Fab blend of Tom Clancy, Harry Turtledove. Highly recommended. http://bit.ly/7UuX3C
jojeda (Julio Ojeda-Zapata) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:23:24 -0000
On v.2 of "Axis of Time" techno-thriller sci-fi trilogy. Fab blend of Tom Clancy, Harry Turtledove. Highly recommended. http://bit.ly/7UuX3C
I'm #reading Worldwar by Harry Turtledove - http://bit.ly/87glkL
ErrantEvermore (Sarah Thompson) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:02:30 -0000
I'm #reading Worldwar by Harry Turtledove - http://bit.ly/87glkL
wants to read Liberating Atlantis by Harry Turtledove - http://bit.ly/4sezkE
MikroZero (Michael Reynolds) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:30:24 -0000
wants to read Liberating Atlantis by Harry Turtledove - http://bit.ly/4sezkE
wants to read Opening Atlantis: A Novel of Alternate History by Harry Turtledove -
MikroZero (Michael Reynolds) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:30:24 -0000
wants to read Opening Atlantis: A Novel of Alternate History by Harry Turtledove -
Quentin Tarantino, master of alternate history? Harry Turtledove probably isn't feeling threatened but, still, wow, just wow.
jojeda (Julio Ojeda-Zapata) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:02:01 -0000
Quentin Tarantino, master of alternate history? Harry Turtledove probably isn't feeling threatened but, still, wow, just wow.
Not sure what's worse -- Harry Turtledove doing yet another WWII book or me buying the damn thing.
stankow (George Stankow) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:30:55 -0000
Not sure what's worse -- Harry Turtledove doing yet another WWII book or me buying the damn thing.

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