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Elliot Ackerman



Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and is the recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. A former White House Fellow, his essays and fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and Ecotone, among others. He currently lives in Istanbul with his wife and two children, and writes on the Syrian Civil War.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, General Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
August 2025

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Sheepdogs
 
Novels
   Green On Blue (2015)
   Dark at the Crossing (2017)
   Waiting for Eden (2018)
   Red Dress in Black and White (2020)
   2034 (2021) (with Admiral James Stavridis USN)
   Halcyon (2023)
   2054 (2024) (with Admiral James Stavridis USN)
   Sheepdogs (2025)
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Award nominations
2023 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : Halcyon
2019 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Waiting for Eden
2017 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : Dark at the Crossing


Elliot Ackerman recommends
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Daybreak (2024)
Matt Gallagher
"Equal parts love story and war story, Daybreak is a profound meditation on idealism and its costs, a vital novel that arrives at a perilous time."
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On the Savage Side (2023)
Tiffany McDaniel
"Inspired by a true crime story, Tiffany McDaniel has written a novel of the highest literary merits, a book about the bonds of family, community, and the consequences of those bonds failing us. It is a story that speaks to America's current moral disorientation, and then transcends it."
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Landslide (2022)
(Mason Hackett, book 1)
Adam Sikes
"Landslide is not only a gripping geo-political thriller, but a morally-complex tale. It grapples with fraught questions of both individual and national loyalty as well as killing and the grim realities of war. I read this book over the course of two-white knuckled days that I won't soon forget. Adam Sikes is a huge talent."

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