Harry Norman Turtledove was born on June 14,1949 and is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction.
13 Facts About Harry Turtledove
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Harry Turtledove is a student of history and completed his PhD in Byzantine history.
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Harry Turtledove began publishing novels in the realm of fantasy starting in 1979 and continues to publish to the current day; his latest being Or Even Eagle Flew about Amelia Earhart and World War II.
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Harry Turtledove was educated in local public schools during his early life.
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Harry Turtledove's dissertation was 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.
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Harry Turtledove later explained that his editor at Belmont Tower did not think that people would believe the author's real name was "Turtledove" and came up with something more Nordic.
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Harry Turtledove published three books as "Dan Chernenko".
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Harry Turtledove has written several works in collaboration, including The Two Georges with Richard Dreyfuss, "Death in Vesunna" with his first wife, Betty Turtledove ; Household Gods with Judith Tarr; and others with Susan Shwartz, S M Stirling, and Kevin R Sandes.
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Harry Turtledove won the Homer Award for Short Story in 1990 for "Designated Hitter", the John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction in 1993 for The Guns of the South, and the Hugo Award for Novella in 1994 for "Down in the Bottomlands".
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Harry Turtledove won his second Sidewise Award in 2003 for his novel Ruled Britannia.
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Harry Turtledove served as the toastmaster for Chicon 2000, the 58th World Science Fiction Convention.
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Harry Turtledove is married to the mystery and science fiction writer Laura Frankos.
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Harry Turtledove's novels have been credited with bringing alternate history into the mainstream.