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The medal count continues to climb for Aleksandr Talanov, the acclaimed hero of bestselling novelist, JAMES HOUSTON TURNER, whose latest thriller, NOVEMBER ECHO, scored two gold medals in the 2014 International Book Awards in Los Angeles.

JAMES HOUSTON TURNER'S fact-to-fiction novel, November Echo, which chronicles how KGB colonel Aleksandr Talanov became a deep-cover spy for America, climbed to Amazon.com's #1 bestseller position for espionage thrillers.

In the acknowledgments of Greco's Game, former Iron Curtain smuggler JAMES HOUSTON TURNER credits the inspiration for his signature hero, Aleksandr Talanov, to the actual KGB agent who once sent word to him in California that he was being followed.

Adelaide novelist JAMES HOUSTON TURNER has won a third gold medal for his acclaimed thriller, Department Thirteen, in the 2012 Indie Book Awards. He will collect his medal at an invitation-only gala June 4th at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Kansas-born, Adelaide-based bestselling author JAMES HOUSTON TURNER wins a 2012 Independent Publishers Book Award GOLD MEDAL for his "Ludlumesque" thriller, Department Thirteen (Comfort Publishing).