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Ward Moore
1903–1978
Best known for the classic alternate-history novel Bring the Jubilee, this American writer made a lasting mark on science fiction with a small but memorable body of work. His stories often mixed sharp ideas, dark humor, and a strong sense that history could have turned out very differently.
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About the author
Born on August 10, 1903, in Madison, New Jersey, Joseph Ward Moore was largely self-educated and worked a variety of jobs before and during his writing career. He became known as Ward Moore, an American author whose fiction ranged from mainstream novels to speculative and satirical work.
He is most remembered for Bring the Jubilee (1953), a landmark alternate-history novel imagining a world in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War. He also wrote Greener Than You Think and other novels that helped earn him a reputation for intelligent, unsettling science fiction.
Although he did not publish a huge number of books, his work has had an influence far beyond its size. Moore died on January 29, 1978, in Pacific Grove, California, and he is still remembered as a writer whose best stories became classics.