Nick Croydon responds to criticism of his fictional Alan Turing tale

Nick Croydon responds to criticism of his fictional Alan Turing tale

Book shop boss turned author, Nick Croydon, says he’s bewildered that people are upset about him giving gay icon Alan Turing a fictional love child. Nick Croydon, co-owner and CEO of QBN Books has become an author himself and his first novel The Turing Protocol has just hit stores, but it’s been widely criticised for giving gay icon Alan Turing a fictional secret love child. In the fictional work Turing is revealed to have fathered a secret love…

Controversy erupts over ‘straight-washed’ portrayal of Alan Turing in new book

A newly released Australian novel has ignited a wave of controversy for its fictionalised portrayal of Alan Turing, the renowned British mathematician and World War II codebreaker, as a heterosexual man. Titled The Turing Protocol, the book has been criticised for "straight-washing" Turing’s life, erasing his identity as a gay man and altering key aspects of his biography.Written by Nick Croydon, the novel reimagines Turing in an alternate histo…