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Something About Me and My Book:: Born in Budapest, Hungary, Geza escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was School Captain. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo’70 in Osaka, Japan. Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA / MA in Human Sciences in 1974; he completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. Geza represented Canada as an épée fencer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

Geza is a prolific writer and has produced thrillers, memoirs and a collection of poetry. You can buy and learn more about them by following the link below. He is currently finishing a thriller about a coup d’état in France as well as finalizing the second book in the Cold War Escape Trilogy. His next project is to complete the second volume of the Twisted Trilogy.

Geza’s professional experience has included stints in government, international organizations, finance and environmental entrepreneurship. Since 2004, he has been managing a few investments and devoting himself to his family and his writing.

Geza is a citizen of Canada and Hungary, and currently divides his time between Bordeaux, France, and Barnard, Vermont, with frequent trips back to the many places he has lived, including New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Budapest, Vienna and Montevideo.

Website:: http://www.gezatatrallyay.com

Geza Tatrallyay's Blog

Writing Memoir and Fiction

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the demands of writing memoir versus writing fiction, because as you see from my website I do both. Goodreads has a number of authors' discussion groups on this and I have been contributing to them here and there.

Ultimately, my view is that memoir blends into fiction. There is no such thing as pure objectivity. What the author of memoir has to do though - as does the author of fiction - is make sure his or her facts are…

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Posted on January 3, 2015 at 11:00am

The Soviet Bomb and Twisted Reasons

I first conceived of, and started writing, TWISTED REASONS, when I was living in Vienna and traveling throughout the former Soviet Union. I had read a great little book called THE ATOMIC BAZAAR, by William Langewiesche, that talked about the ease which with terrorists could get their hands on nuclear material from one of the secret cities where Stalin developed the atomic bomb. Delving further into research on the Soviet bomb, I learned about the many…

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Posted on December 15, 2014 at 11:00am

Ukraine 2014 and For the Children

With the crossing of 32 Russian tanks and 30 armored vehicles into Ukraine a few days ago and the continuing influx of heavy arms and military personnel, Vladimir Putin has openly invaded yet another sovereign country. This, after many months of instigating instability, first in Crimea―which he then annexed―and then in the Eastern Ukrainian ‘oblasts’ of Donetsk and Lukhansk, resulting in the loss of more than 4000 lives since April, and the creation…

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Posted on November 20, 2014 at 2:04am