Taylor Anderson (author) explained

Taylor Anderson
Occupation:Novelist
Citizenship:American
Alma Mater:Tarleton State University (BA, MA)
Period:2008–present
Genre:Science fiction
Notableworks:Destroyermen series

Taylor Anderson is an author, historical artillery and firearm expert, re-enactor, and former history professor.[1] He is the author of the Destroyermen series, about,, and, and their fight against the Grik. Anderson has also written several short stories in the same fictional universe.

Anderson served as a weapons consultant to various media organizations.[2] [3] In 1999, he owned three cannons which he had used for Civil War re-enactments and manufacture 19th century firearms.[4] He served as a weapons expert for the 2004 movie The Alamo.[5]

In May 2020, Anderson announced that Winds of Wrath would be the final book in the Destroyermen series and that he has started on a new writing project.[6] The first book of his Artillerymen series, a prequel to Destroyermen, was released in September 2021.

Education

Anderson received a bachelor of arts and master of arts in history from Tarleton State University. He taught American history for one academic year at Tarleton from 1991 to 1992.

Bibliography

Destroyermen

See main article: Destroyermen. Destroyermen is a series of 15 novels and 2 short stories, written from 2008 to 2020, telling the saga of the men of two United States Wickes-class destroyers that gets transported in March 1942 to an alternate Earth in which dinosaurs evolved into a dominant sentient life form.

Novels
No.TitlePublication dateHardcover ISBNMass market paperback ISBN
1Into the StormJune 2008
2CrusadeOctober 2008
3MaelstromFebruary 2009
4Distant ThundersJune 2010
5Rising TidesFebruary 2011
6FirestormOctober 2011
7Iron Gray SeaJuly 2012
8Storm SurgeJuly 2013
9Deadly ShoresMay 2014
10Straits of HellMay 2015
11Blood in the WaterJune 2016
12Devil’s DueJune 2017
13River of BonesJuly 2018
14Pass of FireJune 2019
15Winds of WrathJune 2020
Short stories

Artillerymen

Artillerymen is a new series that Anderson began writing in 2021 which tells the story of a group of unassigned American replacement soldiers who were traveling on several chartered transport ships in 1847 bound for Veracruz to reinforce U.S. General Winfield Scott's army in his march inland to capture Mexico City during the Mexican-American War when their ships was mysteriously transported to the same alternate Earth as the Destroyermen, but a century before the Destroyermen's arrival.[7] These people became the founders of the New United States (NUS) mentioned in the Destroyermen series.

Novels
No.TitlePublication dateHard cover ISBNMass market paperback ISBN
1 Purgatory's ShoreSeptember 2021
2 Hell's MarchSeptember 2022
3 Devil's BattleSeptember 2023

Reception and literary significance

Several of his books sold well enough to be included on various best selling book lists. Firestorm was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for one week in October 2011[8] and Iron Gray Sea was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for one week in July 2012.[9] Iron Gray Sea was listed on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list during a single week in July 2012.[10]

Several of his books were finalist for a number of major literary awards. Into the Storm was a finalist for the 2009 Compton Crook Award.[11] Blood in the Water was a finalist for the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel[12] and Devil’s Battle was a finalist for the 2024 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[13]

Critical studies and reviews of Anderson's work

Straits of Hell

Interviews

Audio

Written

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . Taylor Anderson (blog) . Taylor . Anderson . . dead . 2016-12-15 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220130946/http://www.taylorandersonauthor.com/index/biography.html .
  2. Web site: 150 year old weaponry showcased on Fort Sill . May 25, 2014 . KSWO-TV.
  3. Web site: 'Rogue One' Blasters Are Real Life Firearms in Sci-Fi Drag . Ryan . Britt . August 13, 2021 . Inverse.
  4. News: Taylor Made . . September 25, 1999 . 21 . subscription . Kathy . Smith.
  5. News: Sound off . . April 6, 2004 . 7 . subscription.
  6. S1 E6 Interview with Taylor Anderson . Coffee in Space (podcast) . 1 . 6 . May 7, 2020 . S. Daniel . Smith.
  7. Web site: Purgatory's Shore By Taylor Anderson (Part of Artillerymen) Publisher's Page . Penguin Random House.
  8. News: Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction: Sunday, October 23rd 2011 . . October 23, 2011 . .
  9. News: Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction: Sunday, July 22nd 2012 . . July 22, 2012 . .
  10. Web site: Iron Gray Sea . . . .
  11. News: Compton Crook Award Finalists . March 16, 2009 . Locus (magazine).
  12. News: 2016 Dragon Awards Winners . September 6, 2016 . Locus (magazine).
  13. News: 2024 Dragon Awards Ballot . August 6, 2024 . Locus (magazine).