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My Take
What grabs me about Harry Turtledove is how he turned a history doctorate from UCLA into a one-man alternate-history industry. Books like The Guns of the South and The Two Georges play out the great "what ifs," and the genre handed him real hardware: a 1994 Hugo for best novella plus a hat trick of Sidewise Awards stretching into 2017. I also find the pen names fascinating, Eric Iverson, H. N. Turteltaub and others, a writer comfortable wearing different masks. He's stayed rooted in Southern California the whole time, and to me that quiet consistency, decades of steady output, is the real story behind the trophies.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Harry Turtledove
- Name (Japanese)
- ハリイ・タートルダヴ
- Reading
- はりい・たーとるだゔ
- Born
- June 14, 1949 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Ox
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / historian / science fiction writer
2. Background
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Hugo Award for Best Novella
- 1997 Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- 2002 Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- 2017 Sidewise Award for Alternate History
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Guns of the South | — | |
| Notable work | The Two Georges | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Harry Turtledove born?
Born June 14, 1949 (age 77).
Where is Harry Turtledove from?
Harry Turtledove is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Harry Turtledove do?
Harry Turtledove works as writer, novelist, historian, science fiction writer.
What is Harry Turtledove known for?
Notable works include The Guns of the South, The Two Georges.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.