ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harry Turtledove was born in Los Angeles in 1949. After flunking out of Caltech, he earned a Ph.D. in Byzantine history at UCLA. He has taught ancient and medieval history at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State L.A., and has published a translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly articles. His alternate history works have included many short stories and the Civil War classicThe Guns of the South , the World War I epicThe Great War series, and the Worldwar tetralogy that began withWorldwar: In the Balance . He is a Hugo winner, a Nebula finalist, and the winner of the Sidewise Award for best Alternate History for his novelHow Few Remain .