{"history":[],"article":{"id":"eef064b0-9ef0-4884-add3-487e9b02b26e","title":"Jeff Rovin","slug":"jeff-rovin","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Jeff Rovin \n**Pseudonym:** Jim Grand, Harry Bergen, Jeffrey and Lila Dubinsky \n**Occupation:** [Novelist](https://bliptext.com/articles/novelist) · [columnist](https://bliptext.com/articles/columnist) · [magazine editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/magazine-editor) · [freelance writer](https://bliptext.com/articles/freelance-writer) · [consultant](https://bliptext.com/articles/consultant) \n**Genre:** [Horror](https://bliptext.com/articles/horror-fiction), [fantasy](https://bliptext.com/articles/fantasy), [science fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/science-fiction), [supernatural](https://bliptext.com/articles/supernatural) \n**Children:** 2 (Michael & Sam) \n:::\n\n# \n**Jeff Rovin** is an American magazine [editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/editor-in-chief), freelance writer, columnist, and author, who has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.\n\n# Biography\nJeff Rovin has been editor-in-chief of [Weekly World News](https://bliptext.com/articles/weekly-world-news), an [assistant editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/editing) and writer for [DC Comics](https://bliptext.com/articles/dc-comics), and an editor for [Warren Publishing](https://bliptext.com/articles/warren-publishing) and [Seaboard Periodicals](https://bliptext.com/articles/seaboard-periodicals), as well as a science and media columnist in such magazines as [Analog](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-science-fiction-and-fact), [Omni](https://bliptext.com/articles/omni-magazine), and [Famous Monsters of Filmland](https://bliptext.com/articles/famous-monsters-of-filmland).\nHis How to Play [video game](https://bliptext.com/articles/video-game) books of the 1980s and 1990s detailed strategies for dozens of games for the [Nintendo Entertainment System](https://bliptext.com/articles/nintendo-entertainment-system), [Sega Genesis](https://bliptext.com/articles/sega-genesis), and [Game Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/game-boy).\nThis 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.\nRovin's publisher at the time, St. Martin's, later decided to continue the \"How To Win At\", series, but this time written by Hank Schlesinger, to cover [Nintendo 64](https://bliptext.com/articles/nintendo-64), [PlayStation](https://bliptext.com/articles/playstation) games, and [Pokémon](https://bliptext.com/articles/pok-mon).\nRovin has written encyclopedias about [popular culture](https://bliptext.com/articles/popular-culture), including [The Encyclopedia of Superheroes](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-encyclopedia-of-superheroes) (Facts On File, 1985), [The Encyclopedia of Super Villains](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-encyclopedia-of-super-villains) (Facts On File, 1987) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals (Prentice Hall, 1991), and The Encyclopedia of Monsters (Checkmark Books, 1990).\nHe has worked on biographical and film books on such performers as [Kelsey Grammer](https://bliptext.com/articles/kelsey-grammer), [Lana Turner](https://bliptext.com/articles/lana-turner), [Adam West](https://bliptext.com/articles/adam-west), [Ellen DeGeneres](https://bliptext.com/articles/ellen-degeneres), [Jackie Chan](https://bliptext.com/articles/jackie-chan), [Charlton Heston](https://bliptext.com/articles/charlton-heston), [Elvis Presley](https://bliptext.com/articles/elvis-presley), [Sylvester Stallone](https://bliptext.com/articles/sylvester-stallone), [Richard Pryor](https://bliptext.com/articles/richard-pryor), [Luke Perry](https://bliptext.com/articles/luke-perry), [Jason Priestley](https://bliptext.com/articles/jason-priestley), and [Julio Iglesias](https://bliptext.com/articles/julio-iglesias), and on the animated series [The Simpsons](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-simpsons).\nAdditionally, he has written quiz and joke books.\nRovin's novels are in the fields of thriller, horror, adventure, and mystery, in addition to the military field with books in the [Force Five](https://bliptext.com/articles/force-five) and Tom Clancy's Op-Center series.\nHis Tom Clancy's Op-Center: War of Eagles became a New York Times Best Seller.\nHis later Unit Omega books were written under the name [pen name](https://bliptext.com/articles/pen-name) **Jim Grand**.\nHe then began writing further military suspense novels under his own name, such as Tempest Down, Dead Rising, and Rogue Angel.\nIn October 2016, during the last days of the [Donald Trump campaign](https://bliptext.com/articles/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-2016), Rovin appeared on [Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/hannity), in [Breitbart News](https://bliptext.com/articles/breitbart-news) and the front cover of [National Enquirer](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-enquirer), claiming to have been a \"fixer\" for Bill and Hillary Clinton, hiding family scandals.\nHis allegations included that Hillary Clinton was \"bisexual\" and a \"secret sex freak\" with an \"open marriage\" and had a romantic relationship with [Vince Foster](https://bliptext.com/articles/vince-foster).\n\n## Fiction\n\n### Stand-alone novels\n\n### Hollywood Detective\n\n### Novelizations and tie-ins\n\n### Force Five\n\n### Tom Clancy's Op-Center\nSeries created by [Tom Clancy](https://bliptext.com/articles/tom-clancy) and [Steve Pieczenik](https://bliptext.com/articles/steve-pieczenik)\n

For Honor (2018)

Sting of the Wasp (2019)

God of War (2020)

The Black Order (2021)

Call of Duty (2022)

\n\n### Unit Omega\nwritten under the pen name Jim Grand\n\n### The EarthEnd Saga\nCo-written with actress [Gillian Anderson](https://bliptext.com/articles/gillian-anderson)\n\n## Nonfiction\n\n### Biographies\n\n### Humor and trivia\n\n### Video game books","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T06:53:21.357Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T06:53:21.357Z","search_vector":"'jeff':1 'rovin':2","search_content":" \n**Name:** Jeff Rovin \n**Pseudonym:** Jim Grand, Harry Bergen, Jeffrey and Lila Dubinsky \n**Occupation:** [Novelist](https://bliptext.com/articles/novelist) · [columnist](https://bliptext.com/articles/columnist) · [magazine editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/magazine-editor) · [freelance writer](https://bliptext.com/articles/freelance-writer) · [consultant](https://bliptext.com/articles/consultant) \n**Genre:** [Horror](https://bliptext.com/articles/horror-fiction), [fantasy](https://bliptext.com/articles/fantasy), [science fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/science-fiction), [supernatural](https://bliptext.com/articles/supernatural) \n**Children:** 2 (Michael & Sam) \n \n\n# \n**Jeff Rovin** is an American magazine [editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/editor-in-chief), freelance writer, columnist, and author, who has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.\n\n# Biography\nJeff Rovin has been editor-in-chief of [Weekly World News](https://bliptext.com/articles/weekly-world-news), an [assistant editor](https://bliptext.com/articles/editing) and writer for [DC Comics](https://bliptext.com/articles/dc-comics), and an editor for [Warren Publishing](https://bliptext.com/articles/warren-publishing) and [Seaboard Periodicals](https://bliptext.com/articles/seaboard-periodicals), as well as a science and media columnist in such magazines as [Analog](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-science-fiction-and-fact), [Omni](https://bliptext.com/articles/omni-magazine), and [Famous Monsters of Filmland](https://bliptext.com/articles/famous-monsters-of-filmland).\nHis How to Play [video game](https://bliptext.com/articles/video-game) books of the 1980s and 1990s detailed strategies for dozens of games for the [Nintendo Entertainment System](https://bliptext.com/articles/nintendo-entertainment-system), [Sega Genesis](https://bliptext.com/articles/sega-genesis), and [Game Boy](https://bliptext.com/articles/game-boy).\nThis 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.\nRovin's publisher at the time, St. Martin's, later decided to continue the \"How To Win At\", series, but this time written by Hank Schlesinger, to cover [Nintendo 64](https://bliptext.com/articles/nintendo-64), [PlayStation](https://bliptext.com/articles/playstation) games, and [Pokémon](https://bliptext.com/articles/pok-mon).\nRovin has written encyclopedias about [popular culture](https://bliptext.com/articles/popular-culture), including [The Encyclopedia of Superheroes](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-encyclopedia-of-superheroes) (Facts On File, 1985), [The Encyclopedia of Super Villains](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-encyclopedia-of-super-villains) (Facts On File, 1987) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals (Prentice Hall, 1991), and The Encyclopedia of Monsters (Checkmark Books, 1990).\nHe has worked on biographical and film books on such performers as [Kelsey Grammer](https://bliptext.com/articles/kelsey-grammer), [Lana Turner](https://bliptext.com/articles/lana-turner), [Adam West](https://bliptext.com/articles/adam-west), [Ellen DeGeneres](https://bliptext.com/articles/ellen-degeneres), [Jackie Chan](https://bliptext.com/articles/jackie-chan), [Charlton Heston](https://bliptext.com/articles/charlton-heston), [Elvis Presley](https://bliptext.com/articles/elvis-presley), [Sylvester Stallone](https://bliptext.com/articles/sylvester-stallone), [Richard Pryor](https://bliptext.com/articles/richard-pryor), [Luke Perry](https://bliptext.com/articles/luke-perry), [Jason Priestley](https://bliptext.com/articles/jason-priestley), and [Julio Iglesias](https://bliptext.com/articles/julio-iglesias), and on the animated series [The Simpsons](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-simpsons).\nAdditionally, he has written quiz and joke books.\nRovin's novels are in the fields of thriller, horror, adventure, and mystery, in addition to the military field with books in the [Force Five](https://bliptext.com/articles/force-five) and Tom Clancy's Op-Center series.\nHis Tom Clancy's Op-Center: War of Eagles became a New York Times Best Seller.\nHis later Unit Omega books were written under the name [pen name](https://bliptext.com/articles/pen-name) **Jim Grand**.\nHe then began writing further military suspense novels under his own name, such as Tempest Down, Dead Rising, and Rogue Angel.\nIn October 2016, during the last days of the [Donald Trump campaign](https://bliptext.com/articles/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-2016), Rovin appeared on [Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/hannity), in [Breitbart News](https://bliptext.com/articles/breitbart-news) and the front cover of [National Enquirer](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-enquirer), claiming to have been a \"fixer\" for Bill and Hillary Clinton, hiding family scandals.\nHis allegations included that Hillary Clinton was \"bisexual\" and a \"secret sex freak\" with an \"open marriage\" and had a romantic relationship with [Vince Foster](https://bliptext.com/articles/vince-foster).\n\n## Fiction\n\n### Stand-alone novels\n\n### Hollywood Detective\n\n### Novelizations and tie-ins\n\n### Force Five\n\n### Tom Clancy's Op-Center\nSeries created by [Tom Clancy](https://bliptext.com/articles/tom-clancy) and [Steve Pieczenik](https://bliptext.com/articles/steve-pieczenik)\n For Honor (2018) \n Sting of the Wasp (2019) \n God of War (2020) The Black Order (2021) Call of Duty (2022) \n\n### Unit Omega\nwritten under the pen name Jim Grand\n\n### The EarthEnd Saga\nCo-written with actress [Gillian Anderson](https://bliptext.com/articles/gillian-anderson)\n\n## Nonfiction\n\n### Biographies\n\n### Humor and trivia\n\n### Video game books","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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