Theodore P. Savas

Theodore P. Savas  is an attorney, adjunct college instructor, award-winning author, publishing consultant, and partner and managing director of Savas Beatie LLC. He specializes in military history in general, and the American Civil War and American Revolutionary War in particular.

Background
Theodore P. Savas was born and raised on the Northern Plains in Iowa. He graduated from North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) in 1979 with an A.A. degree, and from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in 1981 with a B.A. in History with a teaching credential. After working on his Master's in American History, he entered The University of Iowa College of Law in 1983 and graduated in 1986 (with Distinction).

Career
Savas practiced law in Silicon Valley for twelve years before turning his focus to his true love of publishing and writing. In 1990, he co-founded (with David A. Woodbury) the Civil War publishing house Savas Woodbury Publishers, which became Savas Publishing in 1995. Woodbury and Savas founded the well-received quarterly journals Civil War Regiments and Journal of the Indian Wars. In 2001, Savas Publishing was sold to in a joint acquisition to east coast publishers Combined/Perseus. Savas has been teaching legal, historical, and business-related college classes since 1992.Savas and New York-based attorney Russell H. Beatie founded the military publishing house Savas Beatie LLC in 2004, with Savas serving as its managing director and working out of the editorial office in El Dorado Hills, CA. The company's tag line is "Independent, scholarly, and a bit old fashioned." Savas has written, edited, or co-authored fifteen books (published in seven languages). He has two children: Alexandra Maria and Demetrious Theodore.

He founded the South Bay Civil War Roundtable and has published numerous articles on Civil War matters

Awards

 * A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution: Winner, 2006, Gold Star Book Award for History, Military Writers Society of America: A selection of the History and Military book clubs.
 * The New American Revolution Handbook: Winner, Reference, 2010 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award