GREGORY MICHAEL NIXON
@doknyx.bsky.social
Author of mythicohistorical fiction, former professor, lives by Okanagan Lake in western Canada.
The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
by Gregory Michael Nixon
Vigorous Preview—but ignore the anachronisms & the unexplainable presence of warrior Samurai!—only 1:42min
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by Gregory Michael Nixon
Vigorous Preview—but ignore the anachronisms & the unexplainable presence of warrior Samurai!—only 1:42min
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January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
by Gregory Michael Nixon
Vigorous Preview—but ignore the anachronisms & the unexplainable presence of warrior Samurai!—only 1:42min
drive.google.com/file/d/1gFym...
by Gregory Michael Nixon
Vigorous Preview—but ignore the anachronisms & the unexplainable presence of warrior Samurai!—only 1:42min
drive.google.com/file/d/1gFym...
DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS — Gregory Michael Nixon
My book is now a finalist for Chanticleer’s 2025 Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction!
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My book is now a finalist for Chanticleer’s 2025 Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction!
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The 2025 Chaucer Finalists for Early Historical Fiction | Chanticleer
History is ready to be made with these 2025 Chaucer Finalists for Early Historical Fiction! We can't wait to find out who the winners will be on April 18 at CAC26!
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January 19, 2026 at 1:59 AM
DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS — Gregory Michael Nixon
My book is now a finalist for Chanticleer’s 2025 Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction!
bit.ly/4jK3DHL
My book is now a finalist for Chanticleer’s 2025 Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction!
bit.ly/4jK3DHL
Great News: my novel, *Diomedes in Kyprios*, made the Chanticleer semi-final list for the Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction. Got through the longlist & the shortlist, so who knows about the finals?
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The 2025 Chaucer Semi-Finalists for Early Historical Fiction | Chanticleer
The 2025 Chaucer Semi-Finalists are here! Join us in cheering on these brilliant authors of Historical Fiction, and good luck as the finals loom ahead!
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January 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Great News: my novel, *Diomedes in Kyprios*, made the Chanticleer semi-final list for the Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction. Got through the longlist & the shortlist, so who knows about the finals?
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DIOMEDES
2026 Amazon Kindle New Year's sale in the USA:
$3.99 for *The Diomedeia* & $8.99 includes Book 2, *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
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Amazon Kindle in Canada: $5.49 for *The Diomedeia* & $10.48 includes *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
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No shipping fees for Kindle.
2026 Amazon Kindle New Year's sale in the USA:
$3.99 for *The Diomedeia* & $8.99 includes Book 2, *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
bit.ly/49pSuY4
Amazon Kindle in Canada: $5.49 for *The Diomedeia* & $10.48 includes *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
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No shipping fees for Kindle.
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
DIOMEDES
2026 Amazon Kindle New Year's sale in the USA:
$3.99 for *The Diomedeia* & $8.99 includes Book 2, *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
bit.ly/49pSuY4
Amazon Kindle in Canada: $5.49 for *The Diomedeia* & $10.48 includes *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
bit.ly/4jIjB5v
No shipping fees for Kindle.
2026 Amazon Kindle New Year's sale in the USA:
$3.99 for *The Diomedeia* & $8.99 includes Book 2, *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
bit.ly/49pSuY4
Amazon Kindle in Canada: $5.49 for *The Diomedeia* & $10.48 includes *Diomedes in Kyprios*:
bit.ly/4jIjB5v
No shipping fees for Kindle.
Chanticleer: The 2025 Chaucer Short List for Early Historical Fiction
My two books were on the Long List last October 2.
They now made the Short List.
Semi-Finals Next?
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My two books were on the Long List last October 2.
They now made the Short List.
Semi-Finals Next?
www.chantireviews.com/2025/12/17/t...
The 2025 Chaucer Short List for Early Historical Fiction | Chanticleer Book Reviews
The Short List for the 2025 Chaucer Awards are here! Go back in time and find your next great early historical fiction read!
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December 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Chanticleer: The 2025 Chaucer Short List for Early Historical Fiction
My two books were on the Long List last October 2.
They now made the Short List.
Semi-Finals Next?
www.chantireviews.com/2025/12/17/t...
My two books were on the Long List last October 2.
They now made the Short List.
Semi-Finals Next?
www.chantireviews.com/2025/12/17/t...
Earlier review of Book 1 in my series, *The Diomedeia*, by Dee Marley of Historium Press:
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Book Review of "The Diomedeia" by Gregory Michael Nixon
YouTube video by The Historical Fiction Company
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Earlier review of Book 1 in my series, *The Diomedeia*, by Dee Marley of Historium Press:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhno...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhno...
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Diomedes in Kyprios, G. M. Nixon
Publishers Weekly BookLife® Editors Pick
Publishers Weekly BookLife® Editors Pick
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Diomedes in Kyprios, G. M. Nixon
Publishers Weekly BookLife® Editors Pick
Publishers Weekly BookLife® Editors Pick
This brief trailer by Historium Press for my novel, Diomedes in Kyprios, remains outstanding!
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"Diomedes in Kyprios" by Gregory Michael Nixon - Book Trailer
YouTube video by The Historical Fiction Company
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November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This brief trailer by Historium Press for my novel, Diomedes in Kyprios, remains outstanding!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0-...
THE DIOMEDEIA: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
"There’s no question that Nixon has done meticulous research in piecing together this epic. ... An epic tale of ancient civilizations that, despite a slow start, proves thoroughly captivating."
—Kirkus Reviews
"There’s no question that Nixon has done meticulous research in piecing together this epic. ... An epic tale of ancient civilizations that, despite a slow start, proves thoroughly captivating."
—Kirkus Reviews
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
THE DIOMEDEIA: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
"There’s no question that Nixon has done meticulous research in piecing together this epic. ... An epic tale of ancient civilizations that, despite a slow start, proves thoroughly captivating."
—Kirkus Reviews
"There’s no question that Nixon has done meticulous research in piecing together this epic. ... An epic tale of ancient civilizations that, despite a slow start, proves thoroughly captivating."
—Kirkus Reviews
AUDIOBOOKS
I must draw attention, once again, to the high quality of my audiobooks. They are professionally narrated by the classically-trained British actor, Simon de Deney. He brings the books to life, so they sound like a Shakespearean epic but with a lot more action.
I must draw attention, once again, to the high quality of my audiobooks. They are professionally narrated by the classically-trained British actor, Simon de Deney. He brings the books to life, so they sound like a Shakespearean epic but with a lot more action.
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
AUDIOBOOKS
I must draw attention, once again, to the high quality of my audiobooks. They are professionally narrated by the classically-trained British actor, Simon de Deney. He brings the books to life, so they sound like a Shakespearean epic but with a lot more action.
I must draw attention, once again, to the high quality of my audiobooks. They are professionally narrated by the classically-trained British actor, Simon de Deney. He brings the books to life, so they sound like a Shakespearean epic but with a lot more action.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MYTHOPHILE
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October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MYTHOPHILE
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Both of my novels—*The Diomedeia* and *Diomedes in Kyprios*—have been included in Chanticleer's longlist for the Chaucer Award, Best Early Historical Fiction.
Gregory Michael Nixon
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Gregory Michael Nixon
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The 2025 Chaucer Long List for Early Historical Fiction | Chanticleer
The First of the Historical Divisions is here with the 2025 Chaucer Long List for Early Historical Fiction! Get ready to be taken back in time!
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October 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Both of my novels—*The Diomedeia* and *Diomedes in Kyprios*—have been included in Chanticleer's longlist for the Chaucer Award, Best Early Historical Fiction.
Gregory Michael Nixon
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Gregory Michael Nixon
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*DIOMEDES in KYPRIOS*
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Surprising book reviews included.
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Barnes & Noble online
Surprising book reviews included.
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Diomedes in Kyprios: Second Edition|Paperback
This is a historically-based novel with authentic, mythic, & fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama after the Fall of Troy and the Hittite Empire during the Bronze Age Coll...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
*DIOMEDES in KYPRIOS*
Barnes & Noble online
Surprising book reviews included.
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Barnes & Noble online
Surprising book reviews included.
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I am agog at the summaries of my papers on this podcast on Academia-dot-edu. Each verbal précis is about 6 min long, but "Richard Price" (either AI himself or using AI) has done a superb job. I am awed and very thankful.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I am agog at the summaries of my papers on this podcast on Academia-dot-edu. Each verbal précis is about 6 min long, but "Richard Price" (either AI himself or using AI) has done a superb job. I am awed and very thankful.
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ICIS #102 Gregory M Nixon PhD
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August 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm not the only one who recognizes Diomedes as the greatest hero of his era in ancient Greek mythology:
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Ancient Greek Hero Tier List (Part One)
YouTube video by Antiquity for All
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July 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'm not the only one who recognizes Diomedes as the greatest hero of his era in ancient Greek mythology:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rTg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rTg...
BRONZE AGE CYPRUS, map, ca. 1200 BCE
—Called ALASIYA by the Hittites
—KYPRIO in the Greek Linear B tablets
—KYPROS to the Classical Hellenes
—Eteocypriots called their island Kyprios
Bronze Age Kyprios is the setting for Gregory Michael Nixon’s engaging historical novel *DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS*.
—Called ALASIYA by the Hittites
—KYPRIO in the Greek Linear B tablets
—KYPROS to the Classical Hellenes
—Eteocypriots called their island Kyprios
Bronze Age Kyprios is the setting for Gregory Michael Nixon’s engaging historical novel *DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS*.
July 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
BRONZE AGE CYPRUS, map, ca. 1200 BCE
—Called ALASIYA by the Hittites
—KYPRIO in the Greek Linear B tablets
—KYPROS to the Classical Hellenes
—Eteocypriots called their island Kyprios
Bronze Age Kyprios is the setting for Gregory Michael Nixon’s engaging historical novel *DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS*.
—Called ALASIYA by the Hittites
—KYPRIO in the Greek Linear B tablets
—KYPROS to the Classical Hellenes
—Eteocypriots called their island Kyprios
Bronze Age Kyprios is the setting for Gregory Michael Nixon’s engaging historical novel *DIOMEDES IN KYPRIOS*.
Publishers Weekly BookLife review compares my book to these bestsellers:
*Diomedes in Kyprios*
Gregory Michael Nixon 242p
Great for fans of Madeline Miller; Margaret Atwood’s *The Penelopiad*."
*Diomedes in Kyprios*
Gregory Michael Nixon 242p
Great for fans of Madeline Miller; Margaret Atwood’s *The Penelopiad*."
June 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Publishers Weekly BookLife review compares my book to these bestsellers:
*Diomedes in Kyprios*
Gregory Michael Nixon 242p
Great for fans of Madeline Miller; Margaret Atwood’s *The Penelopiad*."
*Diomedes in Kyprios*
Gregory Michael Nixon 242p
Great for fans of Madeline Miller; Margaret Atwood’s *The Penelopiad*."
What became of Diomedes after the fall of Troy? Here's my historically-based interpretation.
Both books are now available in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Available on Amazon or other internet booksellers.
authorgregorynixon.com
Both books are now available in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Available on Amazon or other internet booksellers.
authorgregorynixon.com
Author Gregory Michael Nixon
The Diomedeia
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June 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What became of Diomedes after the fall of Troy? Here's my historically-based interpretation.
Both books are now available in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Available on Amazon or other internet booksellers.
authorgregorynixon.com
Both books are now available in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Available on Amazon or other internet booksellers.
authorgregorynixon.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"Tempus edax rerum"
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses" (1842)
Image: Not all *that* long ago, I was 59 or 60 here.
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses" (1842)
Image: Not all *that* long ago, I was 59 or 60 here.
May 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Tempus edax rerum"
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses" (1842)
Image: Not all *that* long ago, I was 59 or 60 here.
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses" (1842)
Image: Not all *that* long ago, I was 59 or 60 here.
Publishers Weekly – Editors Pick!
Diomedes in Kyprios – Book Review
Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press 242p.
Richly told story of gods, warriors, and the end of the Bronze Age.
Diomedes in Kyprios – Book Review
Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press 242p.
Richly told story of gods, warriors, and the end of the Bronze Age.
March 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Publishers Weekly – Editors Pick!
Diomedes in Kyprios – Book Review
Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press 242p.
Richly told story of gods, warriors, and the end of the Bronze Age.
Diomedes in Kyprios – Book Review
Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press 242p.
Richly told story of gods, warriors, and the end of the Bronze Age.
*Diomedes in Kyprios* (Bronze Age Cyprus) dynamic trailer.
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Diomedes in Kyprios Book Trailer
YouTube video by Gregory M Nixon
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February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
*Diomedes in Kyprios* (Bronze Age Cyprus) dynamic trailer.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anb5...
*Diomedes in Kyprios*, my latest mythicohistorical novel, on the Historium Press book page. Check it out: www.historiumpress.com/gregory-mich...
Gregory Michael Nixon | Historium Press
Gregory Michael Nixon, the author of "Diomedes in Kyprios" - Historium Press author page
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February 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
*Diomedes in Kyprios*, my latest mythicohistorical novel, on the Historium Press book page. Check it out: www.historiumpress.com/gregory-mich...