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John A. Heldt

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in Portland, Oregon, The United States

Website

http://johnheldt.blogspot.com/

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, Time Travel

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John A. Heldt is the author of twenty-six bestselling time-travel novels. The former reference librarian and award-winning sportswriter has loved getting subjects and verbs to agree since writing book reports in grade school. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, Heldt is an avid fisherman, sports fan, coin collector, and reader of thrillers and historical fiction. When not sending contemporary characters to the not-so-distant past, he weighs in on literature and life at johnheldt.blogspot.com.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 19,040 ratings · 2,547 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mine (Northwest Passage, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 2,597 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey (Northwest Passage, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 1,552 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fire (Northwest Passage, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 1,373 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Show (Northwest Passage, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	September Sky (American Journey, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Rising (Carson Chronicles, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indiana Belle (American Journey, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror (Northwest Passage, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 879 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercer Street (American Journey, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 791 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camp Lake (Carson Chronicles, #5) 4.57 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Springing into World War II

Since my earliest days as an author, I have had a strong interest in World War II. In The Mine , my first novel, I sent Joel Smith, my protagonist, back to 1941 Seattle, where he confronted a peacetime draft. In Mercer Street , the Peterson ladies saw New Jersey on the eve of the war. In Indian Paintbrush , the Carsons, my time travelers, experienced the homefront in Arizona in 1943 and 1 Read more of this blog post »

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Series by John A. Heldt

Northwest Passage (5 books)
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Time Box (5 books)
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Second Chance (3 books)
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John and 58 other people liked Fred Barnes's review of Let Time Fly (Stone Shed, #3): "HISTORICAL FICTION LOOK INTO THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF TWO YOUNG TIME-TRAVEL MEN 2/07/26 Review: ☆☆☆☆☆ Let Time Fly (Stone Shed Book 3 by John A. Heldt is the conclusion of a great series with a look into the life of those who lived and f" Read more of this review »
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“I pity the man who does not respect the power of women.”
― John A. Heldt, River Rising

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“We all have our time machines. Some take us back. They're called memories. Some take us forward. They're called dreams. – Jeremy Irons”
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“Survivors of disasters did not create conditions and circumstances. They reacted to them.”
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