Allen Appel, born January 6, 1945, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a novelist best known for his series about time traveler Alex Balfour. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Graduating from West Virginia University in 1967, Appel relocated in Washington, D.C., where he found work as an illustrator and photographer. He made his mark with a series of collage illustrations for the Sunday magazine section of The Washington Post, and this work led to his first book, Proust's Last Beer (1979), descriptions of how famous historical and literary figures died, illustrated with his imaginative black-and-white collages.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he wrote a half-dozen genre novels, but all six went unpublished. He finally scored with Time After Time, published in 1985 by Carroll & Graf. The story follows New York University history professor Alex Balfour as he is tossed back and forth between present-day New York City and the 1917 Russian Revolution. While seeking an explanation for his unusual situation, Alex attempts to save Czar Nicholas and his family. In the course of the novel, he encounters Pavlov, Lenin, Trotsky and Rasputin. Along with favorable reviews, the novel received recognition from the American Library Association as one of the Best Young Adult Novels of the Year. It was reprinted as a Dell Laurel Edition and became a Dell mass-market paperback in 1990. The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ... Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 23, 1871 – December 16, 1916 (O.S.)) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russias Romanov dynasty. ... The American Library Association promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. ...

Time After Time is the first of what became known as the Alex Balfour series, although the author usually refers to it as the "Pastmaster" series. The appearance of real-life historical figures became an expected device in the series. Mark Twain and Custer are featured prominently in Twice Upon a Time (1988), an American Library Association nominee in the Best Young Adult Novels of the Year category. Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth and Franklin D. Roosevelt are characters in Till the End of Time (1990), another ALA nominee. In Time of War (2003), takes place during the Civil War, and Ambrose Bierce is a major character. Sea of Time, set aboard the Titanic, was written in 1987 but never published. Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... The American Library Association promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. ... Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... Order: 32nd President Vice President: John N. Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman Term of office: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 Preceded by: Herbert Hoover Succeeded by: Harry S. Truman Date of birth: January 30, 1882 Place of birth: Hyde Park, New York Date of death: April 12... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, and critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. ... Look up Titanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Titanic may refer to: RMS Titanic, the British ocean liner which sank in 1912. ...

External links

• Appelworks
• Allen Appel Bibliography