Harry Norman Turtledove, 1949 - Harry Turtledove was born in Los Angeles, CA on June 14, 1949. He attended Caltech, failing out his first year, and UCLA where, in 1977, he received a Ph.D in Bysantine History. From the late 1970's to the early 1980's, Turtledove worked as a technical writer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, which he left in 1991 to begin writing full time. From 1986-1987, he was the Treasurer for the Science Fiction Writers of America. Turtledove published his first two novels, "Wereblood" and Werenight," in 1979. He published them under the pseudonym Eric G. Iverson because his editor did not think people would believe that Turtledove was his real name. He… used this name until 1985 when he published "Herbig-Haro." His awards include the Homer Award for Short Story, 1990, for "Designated Hitter," and the Hugo Award for Novella, 1994, for "Down in the Bottomlands." Also, "Must and Shall" was nominated for the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the 1996 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and received an honorable mention for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. "The Two Georges" received an honorable mention for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.