Steven H Silver
Silver in 2008
Born	(1967-04-19)April 19, 1967 (age 57) Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Technical writer editor publisher reviewer novelist short story author
Period	2008–present
Genre	Science fiction,Fantasy
Website
www.stevenhsilver.com

Steven H Silver (born April 19, 1967)^[1] is an Americanscience fictionfan andbibliographer, publisher, author, andeditor. He has been nominated for theHugo Award forBest Fan Writer twelve times andBest Fanzine eight times without winning (three forArgentus and five forJourney Planet).^[2]

The "H" is his middle name and not an initial.

Silver was born inHinsdale, Illinois. He is a longtime contributing editor toSF Site and wrote that site's news page from its inception in 2002 until it closed in 2014.

In 2003, he co-edited three anthologies withMartin H. Greenberg,Wondrous Beginnings,Magical Beginnings, andHorrible Beginnings, which reprinted the first published stories of authors in thescience fiction,fantasy, andhorror genres. From 2004 through 2012 he was the publisher and editor ofISFiC Press.^[3] He co-edited the alternate history anthologyAlternate Peace in 2019 withJoshua Palmatier.^[4]

Silver published his first short story, "Les Lettres de Paston", in the final issue ofHelix SF.^[5] Silver had earlier written a column onalternate history for the magazine. He has continued to publish short stories since, as well as some poetry.

In 2009 and 2010, he edited the two volumeSelected Stories ofLester del Rey forNESFA Press. The first volume is entitledWar and Space and appeared in August, 2009.^[6] The second volume,Robots and Magic was published in February 2010.^[7]

Silver's first novel,After Hastings, an alternate history in whichHarold Godwinson prevented the Norman conquest of Britain by defeatingWilliam the Conqueror at theBattle of Hastings, was published byRing of Fire Press in July 2020.^[8][9]

In 1995, he founded theSidewise Award for Alternate History and has served as a judge ever since.^[10] He was on the short story jury for theNebula Award in 2002,^[11] and on the novel jury for the Nebula Award in 2003,^[12] 2006,^[13] and chaired the novel jury in 2008.^[14] In 2005, Silver was one of the co-ordinators of the Nebula weekend inChicago.^[15] In 2008, he was appointed SFWA Event Coordinator and has helped run the Nebula Award Weekends in that capacity from 2009 to 2021.^[16]

Silver is known as an on-line reviewer and has written several articles forscience fiction fanzines, as well as publishing his own annual fanzineArgentus, which was nominated for aHugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2008, 2009, and 2010,^[2] and won the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine in 2009^[17] and the monthlyAPA-zinePlata. He has guest edited five issues ofJourney Planet.

In addition to his writing and editing activities, Silver is involved in runningscience fiction conventions. He has chairedWindycon three times,^[18] founded Midfan and chaired the first Midwest Construction, and ran programming forChicon 2000,^[19] theWorldcon. From 1998 through 2006 and again from 2008, he sat on the board of directors forISFiC. He served as a vice chair forChicon 7 in 2012.

In 2000, Silver appeared onJeopardy!^[20] winning two days and coming in second on his third day. He won $15,000.^[21]

• After Hastings (June 2020),ISBN 978-1948818940

• "Les Lettres de Paston" (2008), original publish inHelix SF magazine, but has been republished onSF Site^[5]
• "Bats in Thebayou" (2009), published in the anthologyZombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies,ISBN 978-0-7564-0582-3
• "Boleslaw Szymanski Gets the Ogden Slip" (2010)
• "In the Night" (2010), published in the anthologyLove & Rockets,ISBN 978-0-7564-0650-9
• "The Destiny of Einar the Brave" (2011)
• "In the Shadows of Broadway" (2012), featured on the StarShipSofa podcast #236^[22]
• "The Cremator's Tale" (2013), published inBlack Gate magazine^[23]
• "Hunger on Ceos" (2015)
• "Village Square" (2015)
• "Well of Tranquility" (2016), published in the anthologyGenius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place,ISBN 978-1-944760-41-0
• "Big White Men—Attack!" (2017), published in the anthologyLittle Green Men—Attack!,ISBN 978-1-4767-8213-3
• "Doing Business at Hodputt's Emporium" (March 2018), published inGalaxy's Edge, Issue 31,ISBN 978-1-61242-404-0
• "A Letter Home" (2020), published inRay Bradbury Experience Museum Newsletter, Volume 2
• "Worst in Show" (2022), published in the anthologyLudlow Charlington's Doghouse
• "Best Policy" (2022), published in the anthologyWyrmsISBN 9-798-83742-651-3
• "Initial Engagement" (2023), published in the anthologyJewish FuturesISBN 978-1-5154-5804-3

• Official website
• Steven H Silver at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• Steven H Silver atLibrary of Congress, with 4 library catalog records

• 1967 births
• Living people
• Alternate history fandom
• Indiana University alumni
• American alternate history writers
• American fantasy writers
• American science fiction writers
• American science fiction editors
• People from Hinsdale, Illinois
• American speculative fiction editors

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from July 2020
• Official website not in Wikidata