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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: 4.26 · 18,542 ratings · 2,519 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mine (Northwest Passage, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 2,574 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 — 1,535 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) 4.12 avg rating — 1,359 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 — 1,043 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) 4.14 avg rating — 978 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) 4.27 avg rating — 940 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
	The Mirror (Northwest Passage, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 863 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
	Indiana Belle (American Journey, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 837 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
	Mercer Street (American Journey, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 776 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 — 518 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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Gearing up for No. 27

I admit I have taken my time. Unlike with past books, I have not rushed into my current work in progress like a music lover rushing into a concert venue. Instead, I have made the most of a long break.

The break is now over. With the creation of a still unfinished chapter summary, I have moved toward producing my twenty-seventh novel — and my first true stand-alone in more than a dozen years.

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Series by John A. Heldt

Northwest Passage (5 books)
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American Journey (5 books)
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Carson Chronicles (5 books)
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4.42 avg rating — 3,054 ratings

Time Box (5 books)
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Second Chance (3 books)
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“I pity the man who does not respect the power of women.”
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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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