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T.J. Altieri writes genre-crossing fiction that combines speculative ideas, vivid adventure, cultural inquiry, and deeply human conflict. His novels move from alien diplomacy and archaeological mystery to supernatural crime and a zombie-infested American road—always returning to questions of identity, power, empathy, and connection.
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THE BLOOD QUEEN OF BOSTON
GODS & GANGSTERS BOOK 1
IRISH MYTH • ORGANIZED CRIME • URBAN FANTASY
Experience the Celtic Crossfire!
A modern reimagining of an ancient Irish epic follows Maeve Gannon on a ruthless campaign for power, immortality, and legend.
DARK MATTER HEART
SCIENCE FICTION • ROMANTIC COMEDY • ALIEN DIPLOMACY
Love, conspiracies, and starships collide when a cultural anthropologist and a conspiracy theorist approach first contact from very different corners of the galaxy.
LOWSIDE SYMPHONY
SUPERNATURAL ACTION • ZOMBIE FICTION • BIKER STORY
A super-powered Hopi biker faces a necromantic Composer determined to make the world march to the music of his undead orchestra.
FOUNDATIONS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MYSTERY • SPECULATIVE FICTION • ADVENTURE
An archaeological expedition to an isolated South Pacific island uncovers a buried past with consequences reaching far beyond the excavation.
CONTROLLING INTEREST
THRILLER • VIGILANTISM • SOCIAL COMMENTARY
A shipping magnate secretly wages war against greed and inequality, forcing the authorities—and the public—to decide whether he is a visionary, a terrorist, or both.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T.J. Altieri is an author, anthropologist, educator, and conservation explorer. His genre-crossing fiction combines speculative ideas with questions of culture, identity, power, and human connection. He was the featured guest author and keynote speaker at the American Association of University Women’s 2023 Author Luncheon and Book Signing.
TJ Altieri's fiction compels readers to reflect on both society and themselves, taking his audience on a narrative journey through layered plots and multidimensional characters. Often fusing genres, his writing juxtaposes perspectives and elicits discourse in a way that is remarkably engaging.
Aside from his most recent novel, The Blood Queen of Boston, Altieri has published the sci-fi rom com Dark Matter Heart, the gritty zombie road tale Lowside Symphony, and the archaeological mystery "Foundations", among others. TJ was chosen to be guest author and keynote speaker at American Association of University Women's 2023 Author Luncheon and Book Signing. He considers the factor that drives and unites his stories to be the humanity felt through his characters and how it helps us reflect on our own lives.
Outside of fiction, TJ Altieri has completed historical treatises in archaeology, anthropology, and gender studies. When not writing, he works as a history educator in Connecticut Public Schools and as conservationist working to preserve wildlife, in and out of human care, at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo.
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