ANewYorkTimesBestsellerSelectedasa2017ALA/YALSAGreatGraphicNovelforTeens:NonfictionAwardwinningauthorsJimOttavianiandLelandPurvispresentahistoricallyaccurategraphicnovelbiographyofEnglishmathematicianandscientistAlanTuringinTheImitationGame.EnglishmathematicianandscientistAlanTuring(1912–1954)iscreditedwithmanyofthefoundationalprinciplesofcontemporarycomputerscience.TheImitationGamepresentsahistoricallyaccurategraphicnovelbiographyofTuring'slife,includinghisgroundbreakingworkonthefundamentalsofcryptographyandartificialintelligence.HiscodebreakingeffortsledtothecrackingoftheGermanEnigmaduringWorldWarII,workthatsavedcountlesslivesandacceleratedtheAllieddefeatoftheNazis.WhileTuring'sachievementsremainrelevantdecadesafterhisdeath,thestoryofhislifeinpost-warEuropecontinuestofascinateaudiencestoday.Award-winningduoJimOttaviani(the#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofFeynmanandPrimates)andartistLelandPurvis(anEisnerandIgnatzAwardnomineeandoccasionalreviewerfortheComicsJournal)presentafactuallydetailedaccountofTuring'slifeandgroundbreakingresearch—asanunconventionalgeniuswhowasarrested,tried,convicted,andpunishedforbeingopenlygay,andwhoseinnovativeworkstillfuelsthecomputingandcommunicationsystemsthatdefineourmodernworld.Computersciencebuffs,comicsfans,andhistoryaficionadoswillbecaptivatedbythisrivetingandtragicstoryofoneofthe20thcentury'smostunsungheroes.