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Harry Turtledove


(Harry Norman Turtledove)
USA flag (b.1949)

aka Dan Chernenko, Eric G Iverson, H N Turteltaub

Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart; The Guns of the South; How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood & Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca.
 

Awards: Prometheus (2008), Hugo (1994)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
 
New and upcoming books
March 2025

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Twice as Dead
 
May 2025

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City in Chains
 
July 2025

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Powerless
 
Series
Gerin the Fox
   1. Were Blood (1979) (as by Eric G Iverson)
   2. Werenight (1979) (as by Eric G Iverson)
   3. Prince of the North (1994)
   4. King of the North (1996)
   5. Fox and Empire (1997)
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Videssos
   1. The Misplaced Legion (1987)
   2. An Emperor for the Legion (1987)
   3. The Legion of Videssos (1987)
   4. Swords of the Legion (1987)
   5. Krispos Rising (1991)
   6. Krispos of Videssos (1991)
   7. Krispos the Emperor (1994)
   8. The Stolen Throne (1995)
   9. Hammer and Anvil (1996)
   10. The Thousand Cities (1997)
   11. Videssos Besieged (1998)
   12. Bridge of the Separator (2005)
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Worldwar
   1. In the Balance (1994)
   2. Tilting the Balance (1995)
   3. Upsetting the Balance (1996)
   4. Striking the Balance (1996)
   5. Homeward Bound (2004)
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Great War
   1. The American Front (1998)
   2. Walk in Hell (1999)
   3. Breakthroughs (2000)
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Darkness
   1. Into the Darkness (1999)
   2. Darkness Descending (2000)
   3. Through the Darkness (2001)
   4. Rulers of the Darkness (2002)
   5. Jaws of Darkness (2003)
   6. Out of the Darkness (2004)
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Colonization
   1. Second Contact (1999)
   2. Down to Earth (2000)
   3. Aftershocks (2001)
   4. Homeward Bound (2004)
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Hellenic Traders
   1. Over the Wine-Dark Sea (2001) (as by H N Turteltaub)
   2. The Gryphon's Skull (2002) (as by H N Turteltaub)
   3. The Sacred Land (2003) (as by H N Turteltaub)
   4. Owls to Athens (2004) (as by H N Turteltaub)
   5. Salamis (2020)
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Crosstime Traffic
   1. Gunpowder Empire (2003)
   2. Curious Notions (2004)
   3. In High Places (2005)
   4. The Disunited States of America (2006)
   5. The Gladiator (2007)
   6. The Valley-Westside War (2008)
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Scepter of Mercy (as by Dan Chernenko)
   1. The Bastard King (2003)
   2. The Chernagor Pirates (2004)
   3. The Scepter's Return (2005)
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Settling Accounts
   1. Return Engagement (2004)
   2. Drive to the East (2005)
   3. The Grapple (2006)
   4. In At the Death (2007)
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Pacific War
   1. Days of Infamy (2004)
   2. End of the Beginning (2005)
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Gap
   1. Beyond the Gap (2007)
   2. The Breath of God (2008)
   3. The Golden Shrine (2009)
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War That Came Early
   1. Hitler's War (2008)
   2. West and East (2010)
   3. The Big Switch (2011)
   4. Coup d'Etat (2012)
   5. Two Fronts (2013)
   6. Last Orders (2014)
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Supervolcano
   1. Eruption (2011)
   2. All Fall Down (2012)
   3. Things Fall Apart (2013)
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Hot War
   1. Bombs Away (2015)
   2. Fallout (2016)
   3. Armistice (2017)
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Novels
   Agent of Byzantium (1987)
   Noninterference (1987)
   A Different Flesh (1988)
   Kaleidoscope (1990)
   A World of Difference (1990)
   Earthgrip (1991)
   The Guns of the South (1992)
   The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump (1993)
   The Two Georges (1995) (with Richard Dreyfuss)
   Thessalonica (1996)
   How Few Remain (1997)
   Justinian (1998) (as by H N Turteltaub)
   Between the Rivers (1998)
   Household Gods (1999) (with Judith Tarr)
   Wisdom of the Fox (1999)
   Tale of the Fox (2000)
   Ruled Britannia (2002)
   Conan of Venarium (2003)
   In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003)
   Every Inch a King (2005)
   Fort Pillow (2006)
   After the Downfall (2008)
   The Man with the Iron Heart (2008)
   Give Me Back My Legions! (2009)
   Joe Steele (2015)
   The House of Daniel (2016)
   Through Darkest Europe (2018)
   Alpha and Omega (2019)
   Or Even Eagle Flew (2021)
   Three Miles Down (2022)
   The Wages of Sin (2023)
   Twice as Dead (2025)
   City in Chains (2025)
   Powerless (2025)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Hail! Hail! (2018)
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Anthologies edited
   Worlds That Weren't (2002)
   The First Heroes (2004) (with Noreen Doyle)
   The Enchanter Completed (2005)
   Blue vs. Grey (2018)
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Anthology series
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Series contributed to
War World
   6. Blood Feuds (1992) (with others)
   7. Blood Vengeance (1994) (with others)
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Clan of the Claw
   1. Exiled (2011) (with others)
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Stellar Guild
   On The Train (2012) (with Rachel Turtledove)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Harry Turtledove
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The Reinvented Detective (2023)
(Reinvented Anthology, book 2)
edited by
Jennifer Brozek and Cat Rambo
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Bullet Points 3 (2023)
(Bullet Points, book 3)
edited by
Nathan W Toronto

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Awards
2020 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : Christmas Truce
2018 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : Zigeuner
2017 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel : Fallout
2008 Prometheus Award : The Gladiator
2003 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History : Ruled Britannia
1998 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History : How Few Remain
1994 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Down in the Bottomlands [short story]

Award nominations
2024 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Wages of Sin
2024 Prometheus Hall Of Fame Award (nominee) : Between the Rivers
2024 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : The Wages of Sin
2023 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Three Miles Down
2016 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Joe Steele
2016 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : Bombs Away
2015 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The More It Changes
2014 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Cayos in the Stream
2012 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Lee at the Alamo
2010 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The United States of Atlantis
2010 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Liberating Atlantis
2009 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Opening Atlantis
2007 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Disunited States of America
2006 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Audubon in Atlantis
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ruled Britannia
2003 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Counting Up, Counting Down
2000 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Twenty-One, Counting Up
2000 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Forty, Counting Down
2000 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Forty, Counting Down
1998 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : How Few Remain
1997 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : In the Balance
1997 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Must and Shall
1996 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Must and Shall
1996 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Two Georges: The Novel of an Alternate America
1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Tilting the Balance
1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Must and Shall
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : In the Balance
1994 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Down in the Bottomlands: And Other Places
1994 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Departures
1989 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Trapping Run
1987 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Though the Heavens Fall


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36 (2012)
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"Read 36 as a well-written, scarily plausible if-this-goes-on novel. Or read it as a highly intelligent philosophical meditation. But whatever you do, read it."
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Lamentation (2009)
(Psalms of Isaak, book 1)
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"Ken Scholes is a hot new voice to watch for on the interesting frontier between science fiction and fantasy. He has a keen eye for action and a keen ear for the sounds of the human heart. Grab on now, because he's going places."

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