About TurningPoint Press
The Name on the Cover
Christopher B. Gordon is the author’s name on the cover, but the stories begin with a lifelong love of history, faith, and the overlooked moments that changed lives.
Some people grow up knowing exactly what they want to say. I grew up asking questions nobody around me could answer.
Why do civilizations collapse? What makes a man walk into a burning building for a stranger? How does one decision by one ordinary person change the next four hundred years?
Those questions led me to history. History led me to stories. Stories led me here.
At the writing desk, with Sunny close by, every story begins the same way, with a question history never quite answered.
The Story Behind the Name
Three sons, one name
Christopher B. Gordon is a pen name built from three of the most important people in my life. Christopher is my oldest son’s middle name. B stands for Britton, my stepson’s middle name. Gordon is my youngest son’s middle name, and my own.
Every book carries all three of them into the world.
I write under that name. I publish under TurningPoint Press. I live and work in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
What TurningPoint Press Publishes
Historical fiction built on documented fact. Short reads on Kindle that compile into novels. Companion Historical Libraries that show readers the real people behind the fiction. A weekly newsletter called Your Sunday Morning Paper that delivers one story from the past every Sunday morning, before the world gets loud.
Seven series in development. Two publishing tracks. One standard for all of it. Every word earns its place, every story is built on something real, and the reader is trusted to feel what the page makes them feel.
The Questions That Started Everything
Three questions have driven every story I have written.
What makes an ordinary person do an extraordinary thing under impossible pressure?
What does it cost them?
And what does the world look like on the other side of that decision?
The Mayflower passengers answered those questions in 1620. So did the sailors who kept the ship afloat in mid-Atlantic. So did the forty-one men who signed a document in a ship’s cabin with no legal authority and no guarantee it would hold.
They are still answering them. That is why I keep writing.
Where to Find the Work
The Sparks of Liberty series is live on Amazon Kindle now. The Speedwell’s Confession is Book One. The companion Historical Library for Book One is free to read here, and Your Sunday Morning Paper arrives every Sunday morning with one story from the past.
Where History Comes to Life.
The Author’s Standard
“History knows what happened and by whom. I find out why the person made the decision that became a Spark of Liberty.”
— Christopher B. Gordon