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William Dietrich (1951) is a novelist, non-fiction author, journalist, and college professor. His historical novels and thrillers have made bestseller lists and his Ethan Gage series, set during the Napoleonic wars, have sold in 28 languages. He has also written novels set during the Roman empire, Antarctica, and Australia. His non-fiction works are natural history and environmental history of the Pacific Northwest.

Dietrich was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, and attended Fairhaven College at Western Washington University, graduating with a degree in journalism. He worked for several Pacific Northwest newspapers and Gannett News Service. In 1990 while at the Seattle Times, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting on the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University (1987—88) and won National Science Foundation fellowships to Antarctica in 1994 and 1996. He reported extensively on science and the environment. His first book, The Final Forest, depicted the old growth and spotted owl battle in Forks, WA. The book won the Washington Governor Writer's Award and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He wrote a book on the Columbia River, Northwest Passage, a book on Northwest plants and animals, Natural Grace, and did the text for the Art Wolfe photography book, On Puget Sound.

His first novel, the World War II adventure Ice Reich, grew out of his reporting in Antarctica. This was followed by Getting Back, an eco-fable set in Australia, Dark Winter, a thriller at the South Pole, and Hadrian's Wall and The Scourge of God, set during the Roman empire. Most recent are the Ethan Gage series of novels: Napoleon's Pyramids, The Rosetta Key, The Dakota Cipher, and The Barbary Pirates.

Since 2006 he has been a professor of environmental journalism and writing at Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, where he advises Planet magazine. He currently lives with his wife Holly in Washington, United States. He has two grown daughters.

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Total Books: 91
The Trojan Icon
2016 - The Trojan Icon [Ethan Gage Adventures - Volume 8] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780990662167
ISBN-10: 0990662160
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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The Three Emperors
2015 - The Three Emperors [Ethan Gage, Bk 7] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780062194121
ISBN-10: 0062194127
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Napoleon's Rules Life and Career Lessons from Bonaparte
2015 - Napoleon's Rules Life and Career Lessons From Bonaparte (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780990662150
ISBN-10: 0990662152
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Reference
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The Murder of Adam and Eve
2014 - The Murder of Adam and Eve (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780990662105
ISBN-10: 0990662101
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Science & Math
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L' ombre des templiers
2014 - L' Ombre Des Templiers (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782266236546
ISBN-10: 2266236547
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The Barbed Crown
2014 - The Barbed Crown [Ethan Gage, Bk 6] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780062194091
ISBN-10: 0062194097
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

Hotel Angeline A Novel in 36 Voices
2014 - Hotel Angeline a Novel in 36 Voices (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781480480476
ISBN-10: 1480480479
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1

La Piste DES Templiers
2013 - La Piste Des Templiers [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782266230230
ISBN-10: 2266230239
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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The Emerald Storm An Ethan Gage Adventure
2013 - The Emerald Storm an Ethan Gage Adventure [P.S.] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780061989216
ISBN-10: 0061989215
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 3

The Emerald Storm
2012 - The Emerald Storm [Ethan Gage, Bk 5] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061989209
ISBN-10: 0061989207
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

The Barbary Pirates An Ethan Gage Adventure
2012 - The Barbary Pirates an Ethan Gage Adventure [Ethan Gage Adventures] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780062191410
ISBN-10: 0062191411
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Dakota Cipher An Ethan Gage Adventure
2012 - The Dakota Cipher an Ethan Gage Adventure [Ethan Gage Adventures] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780062191434
ISBN-10: 0062191438
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Napoleon's Pyramids An Ethan Gage Adventure
2012 - Napoleon's Pyramids an Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780062191489
ISBN-10: 0062191489
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

The Rosetta key An Ethan Gage Adventure
2012 - The Rosetta Key an Ethan Gage Adventure (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780062191571
ISBN-10: 0062191578
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Blood of the Reich
2011 - Blood of the Reich (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780061989193
ISBN-10: 0061989193
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 5

Eminent Pittsburghers Profiles of the City's Founding Industrialists
Blood of the Reich A Novel
2011 - Blood of the Reich a Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061989186
ISBN-10: 0061989185
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Rosetta Key
2011 - Rosetta Key [Ethan Gage 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780749009038
ISBN-10: 0749009039
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Barbary Pirates
2011 - The Barbary Pirates [Ethan Gage, Bk 4] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061568077
ISBN-10: 0061568074
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 9

The Final Forest Big Trees Forks and the Pacific Northwest
Les Pyramides De Napoleon
2010 - Les Pyramides De Napoleon [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782266194297
ISBN-10: 2266194291
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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2010 - The Dakota Cipher [Ethan Gage Adventure, Bk 3] (Paperback)
2010 - Las Piramides De Napoleon [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2009 - Swine (Paperback)
2009 - The Rosetta Key [Ethan Gage, Bk 2] (Paperback)Hardcover
2008 - The Rosetta Key [Ethan Gage, Bk 2] (Hardcover)Paperback
2008 - The Rosetta Key Cd [Ethan Gage] (Audio CD)
2008 - Napoleon's Pyramids [Ethan Gage, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
Hiroglyphes [French Edition] (Paperback)
El Muro De Adriano [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)