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John Twelve Hawks

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John Twelve Hawks is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Traveler, the first book in a trilogy that includes The Dark River and The Golden City. The Fourth Realm Trilogy has been translated into twenty-five languages.

Known as JTH by his readers, he followed the trilogy with Spark, a stand-alone novel, and Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of the Surveillance States,.

His new novel, Certainty, will be published on April 28, 2026.

For more than twenty years, JTH has lived a deliberately “anonymous life” to show his resistance to the continual government and corporate attack on privacy. He has discussed his life choices in a published essay, “Writing as the Sky Rains Death.”

JTH worked as a war correspondent and turned to fict ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 25,508 ratings · 2,331 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 12,090 ratings — published 2005 — 36 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 Dark River (Fourth Realm, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 6,431 ratings — published 2007 — 67 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 Golden City (Fourth Realm, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 4,734 ratings — published 2009 — 41 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
	Spark 3.72 avg rating — 2,008 ratings — published 2014 — 19 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
	Against Authority 4.13 avg rating — 176 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
	How to Free Your Mind in the Trump Era 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2017	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
	Writing as the Sky Rains Death 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Fourth Realm Trilogy (Fourth Realm, #1-3) 4.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	How We Live Now 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005	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
	Certainty 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 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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WHY A STUFFED HARP SEAL?

CERTAINTY will be published on April 28. Here's another interview answer that I wanted you to hear first:

Why did you make the AI character a stuffed seal?

My two children loved stuffies, and at bedtime they would carefully arrange them in their beds as guardians when the lights were switched off. At that age, a stuffed animal isn’t a toy. It can be form of protection: a way to feel safe.

My dau

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John Twelve Hawks answered Goodreads's question: What’s the best thing about being a writer? I take thousands of experiences and turn them into a story. Creating fictions helps me understand reality.
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“If privacy had a gravestone it might read: 'Don't Worry. This Was for Your Own Good.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Dark River

tags: culture, science-fiction, technology

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“Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Traveler

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“Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Traveler

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What book would you like to read in September?

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

4 votes, 33.3%

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks

2 votes, 16.7%

Howards End by E.M. Forster

2 votes, 16.7%

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

1 vote, 8.3%

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

1 vote, 8.3%

The Terror by Dan Simmons

1 vote, 8.3%

The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips

1 vote, 8.3%

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