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Jeffrey Daniel Rovin
Born November 5, 1951 (age 64)
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Pen name Jim Grand, Harry Bergen, Jeffrey and Lila Dubinsky
Occupation Novelist, columnist, magazine editor, freelance writer, consultant
Genre Horror, fantasy, science fiction, supernatural
Children 2 (Michael & Sam)

Jeff Rovin is an American magazine editor, freelance writer, columnist, and author, who has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Contents

1 Biography
2 Bibliography
2.1 Fiction
2.1.1 Stand-alone novels
2.1.2 Hollywood Detective
2.1.3 Novelizations & Tie-ins
2.1.4 Force Five
2.1.5 Tom Clancy’s Op-Center
2.1.6 Unit Omega
2.1.7 The EarthEnd Saga
2.2 Nonfiction
2.2.1 Biographies
2.2.2 Humor and trivia
2.2.3 Video game books
3 References
4 External links

Biography

Jeff Rovin has been editor-in-chief of Weekly World News, an assistant editor and writer for DC Comics,[1] and an editor for Warren Publishing and Seaboard Periodicals, as well as a science and media columnist in such magazines as Analog, Omni, and Famous Monsters.

His How to Play video game books of the 1980s and 1990s detailed strategies for dozens of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy. This series was preceded by his The Complete Guide to Conquering Video Games in 1982, and followed by his Gamemaster series that lasted until the late 1990s, which began containing a violence rating for the games included in these books. His publisher at the time St. Martin’s later decided to continue the “How To Win At”, series but this time written by Hank Schlesinger, covering Nintendo 64 and PlayStation games, as well as Pokemon.

Looks like a big nothing burger


22 posted on 10/24/2016 7:17:54 PM PDT by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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To: davetex

I loved Clancy’s early stuff.

I totally loathed his later globalist stuff, just couldn’t stand it.


23 posted on 10/24/2016 7:19:59 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: davetex

He edited Weekly World News!? So he KNOWS the “alien” who always chooses our President in advance! Wow!


64 posted on 10/24/2016 7:48:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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