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Charles R. Pellegrino
American author (born 1953)

Charles R. Pellegrino (born May 5, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several books related to science and archaeology including Her Name, Titanic (1988); Ghosts of the Titanic (2000); and To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (2015).

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Biography

Pellegrino was born on May 5, 1953 to John and Jane Pellegrino.2 He grew up in Queens, then at age 9 the family moved to Rockville Centre in Nassau County. At 15, Pellegrino was diagnosed with cancer and a rare genetic disease, Ankylosing spondylitis.3

During the mid-1970s, Pellegrino earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Long Island University. Pellegrino claimed to have received a PhD in 1982 from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. The university investigated and concluded that it had never awarded him a PhD.456

Career

Pellegrino was the first person to figure out how, using MRI technology, one could see inside of 70 million year old dinosaur eggs without cracking them.7 Michael Crichton credits Pellegrino’s work and research as a paleontologist as part of the inspiration for Jurassic Park.8

He was the recipient of the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award for Science Writing from The New York Science Fiction Society in 2000.9

Pellegrino was a technical advisor to director James Cameron on the films Titanic and Avatar.1011

Bibliography

Nonfiction

  • Time Gate: Hurtling Backward Through History (1983)12
  • Darwin's Universe: Origins and Crises in the History of Life (with Jesse A. Stoff, 1983)13
  • Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon (with Joshua Stoff, 1985)14
  • Interstellar Travel and Communication (with James Powell, Isaac Asimov, et al., 1986)15
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic (with Jesse A. Stoff, 1988)16
  • Her Name, Titanic: Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship (1988)17
  • Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey (1991)18
  • Return to Sodom and Gomorrah: Bible Stories from Archaeologists (1994)19
  • Ghosts of the Titanic (2000)20
  • Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections (2004)21
  • The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (with Simcha Jacobovici, 2007)22
  • The Last Train from Hiroshima Henry Holt, (2010)23
  • "Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy," (Foreword by Tom Dettweiler), John Wiley & Sons, N.J. (2012).
  • "The Californian Incident", Shoebox/Kindle, Canada (2013).
  • "StarTram: The New Race for Space". (with James Powell, George Maise) Shoebox/Kindle, Canada (2013).
  • To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (2015)24

Fiction

Filmography

  • Lost Civilizations: Aegean – Legacy of Atlantis – Time-Life / NBC (1995).2627
Re-released on October 1, 2002, as part of a 4-DVD set entitled Time Life's Lost Civilizations

References

  1. "SFE: Pellegrino, Charles R". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2025. https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pellegrino_charles_r ↩

  2. "Biography | Charles Pellegrino". Retrieved May 16, 2025. https://charlespellegrino.com/biography/ ↩

  3. "CBS Sunday Morning". CBS. July 18, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJA0J7m5Uuk ↩

  4. Rich, Motoko (March 5, 2010). "University Rejects Pellegrino Claim in Degree Dispute". The New York Times. New York. https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/university-rejects-pellegrino-claim-in-degree-dispute/ ↩

  5. Italie, Hillel (March 2, 2010). "Publisher halts book about bombing of Hiroshima". Yahoo News. New York: Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 7, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100307232025/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_on_en_ot/us_atom_bomb_book_pulled ↩

  6. "University denies authors PhD claim". New Zealand Herald. March 2, 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10629487 ↩

  7. "CBS Sunday Morning". YouTube. CBS. July 18, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJA0J7m5Uuk ↩

  8. Crichton, Michael (September 25, 2012). Jurassic Park. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345538987. 978-0345538987 ↩

  9. https://fanac.org/conpubs/Lunacon/Lunacon%2050/Lunacon%2050%20Program%20Book.pdf https://fanac.org/conpubs/Lunacon/Lunacon%2050/Lunacon%2050%20Program%20Book.pdf ↩

  10. Cripe, Michael (September 16, 2024). "James Cameron Directing His First Non-Avatar Movie Since 1997 As Soon As He Can Get Away From Avatar". IGN. Retrieved May 21, 2025. https://www.ign.com/articles/james-cameron-directing-his-first-non-avatar-movie-since-1997-as-soon-as-he-can-get-away-from-avatar ↩

  11. D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 2, 2025). "James Cameron Taps Martin Sheen To Narrate 'Ghosts Of Hiroshima' Audiobook; Director Plans Post-'Avatar' Epic Movie About Man Who Survived Both A-Bomb Blasts". Deadline. Retrieved May 21, 2025. https://deadline.com/2025/05/james-cameron-martin-sheen-narrate-ghosts-of-hiroshima-audiobook-film-plans-1236384306/ ↩

  12. Pellegrino, Charles R. Time Gate: Hurtling Backward Through History. Paperback ed. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1985. ISBN 0-8306-1863-5 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  13. Pellegrino, Charles R. and Stoff, Jesse A. Darwin's Universe: Origins and Crises in the History of Life. 2d ed. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1986. ISBN 0-8306-2773-1 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  14. Pellegrino, Charles R. and Stoff, Joshua. Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon. New York: Quill, 1999. ISBN 0-380-80261-9 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  15. Asimov, Pellegrino, Powell and others edited this work, which is a collection of papers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science May 1986 symposium, Interstellar Travel and Communication. See: "Bibliography." In Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski. Dyson Sphere. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-671-54173-0 /wiki/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science ↩

  16. Stoff, Jesse A. and Pellegrino, Charles R. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic. 2d rev. ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992. ISBN 0-06-092260-5 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  17. Pellgrino, Charles R. Her Name, Titanic: Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Robert Hale Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0-7090-4242-6 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  18. Pellegrino, Charles R. Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey. New York: Vintage, 1993. ISBN 0-679-73407-4 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  19. Pellegrino, Charles R. Return to Sodom and Gomorrah: Bible Stories from Archaeologists. 2d paperback ed. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1995. ISBN 0-380-72633-5 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  20. Pellegrino, Charles R. Ghosts of the Titanic. New York: Avon, 2001. ISBN 0-380-72472-3 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  21. Pellegrino, Charles R. Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections. Paperback ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 2005. ISBN 0-06-075100-2 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  22. Jacobovici, Simcha and Pellegrino, Charles R. The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History. Paperback ed. New York: HarperOne, 2008. ISBN 0-06-120534-6 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  23. Pellegrino, Charles R. Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2010. ISBN 0-8050-8796-6 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  24. "To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima". kirkusreviews.com. August 6, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2024. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-pellegrino/to-hell-and-back-last-train/ ↩

  25. "Dust". www.publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2025. https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780380973088https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780380973088 ↩

  26. Elizabeth Smith (2011). "Movies: About Lost Civilizations: Aegean – Legacy of Atlantis". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110520035748/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/189493/Lost-Civilizations-Aegean-Legacy-of-Atlantis/overview ↩

  27. "'Lost Civilizations' Uses Modern Ways to Tell Ancient Tales – Chicago Sun-Times | Encyclopedia.com". http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4289296.html ↩