Editing Harry Turtledove (section)

==Career==
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Turtledove published his first two novels, ''Wereblood'' and ''Werenight'', in 1979 under the [[pseudonym]] "Eric G. Iverson". He later explained that his editor at [[Tower Publications|Belmont Tower]] did not think that people would believe the author's real name was "Turtledove" and came up with something more [[North Germanic languages|Nordic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.barnesandnoble.com/index.jsp?fr_story=370a4a5f23d55c15b05c2638c850e6bda368284c&rf=rss |title=Interviews |website=Barnesandnoble.com |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> He continued to use "Iverson" until 1985. Another early pseudonym was "Mark Gordian".

That year, he published ''Herbig-Haro'' and ''And So to Bed'' under his real name. In 1998, he began publishing historical novels under the pseudonym "H. N. Turteltaub" (''Turteltaube'' means [[European turtle dove|turtle dove]] in [[German language|German]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?service=deen&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=turtledove&iservice= |title=turtledove: Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU&nbsp;Chemnitz) |first=Frank |last=Richter |website=Dict.tu-chemnitz.de |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> He published three books as "Dan Chernenko" (the ''Scepter of Mercy'' series).

He has written several works in collaboration, including ''[[The Two Georges]]'' with [[Richard Dreyfuss]], "Death in Vesunna" with his first wife, Betty Turtledove (pen name: Elaine O'Byrne); ''[[Household Gods (novel)|Household Gods]]'' with [[Judith Tarr]]; and others with [[Susan Shwartz]], [[S. M. Stirling]], and Kevin R. Sandes.

Turtledove won the Homer Award for Short Story in 1990 for "Designated Hitter", the John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction in 1993 for ''[[The Guns of the South]]'', and the [[Hugo Award]] for Novella in 1994 for ''[[Down in the Bottomlands]]''. ''Must and Shall'' was nominated for the 1996 [[Hugo Award]] and [[Nebula Award]] for Best Novelette and received an honorable mention for the 1995 [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]]. ''The Two Georges'' also received an honorable mention for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

His ''[[Worldwar]]'' series received a Sidewise Award for Alternate History Honorable Mention in 1996. In 1998, his novel ''[[How Few Remain]]'' won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]]. He won his second Sidewise Award in 2003 for his novel ''[[Ruled Britannia]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#1995 |title=Sidewise: Past Winners and Finalists |website=Uchronia.net |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> He won his third Sidewise Award for his short story "Zigeuner”<ref>{{cite news |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/08/2017-sidewise-awards-winners/ |title=2017 Sidewise Award Finalists |publisher=Locus|date=August 20, 2018 |access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref> and his fourth for his short story "Christmas Truce".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sidewise: Sidewise Awards for Alternate History|url=http://www.uchronia.com/sidewise/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.uchronia.com}}</ref>

Turtledove won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel in 1998 for ''The Gladiator.'':<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.lfs.org | title=Libertarian Futurist Society | website=www.lfs.org}}</ref> 

On August 1, 1998, Turtledove was named honorary [[Kentucky Colonel]] as guest of honor at Rivercon XXIII in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. His ''[[The Gladiator (Turtledove novel)|The Gladiator]]'' was the cowinner of the 2008 [[Prometheus Award]].

Turtledove served as the toastmaster for [[58th World Science Fiction Convention|Chicon 2000]], the 58th World Science Fiction Convention.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicon.org/gohs/gohs.htm |title=Chicon 2000, Guests of Honor |access-date=September 3, 2008 |date=July 23, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708191440/http://www.chicon.org./gohs/gohs.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2008 }}</ref>

''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' dubbed Turtledove "The Master of Alternate History".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080407/6996-master-of-alternate-history-.html |title=Master of Alternate History |access-date=January 28, 2011 |last=Hall |first=Melissa Mia |date=April 7, 2008 |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> Within the genre, he is known for creating original alternate history scenarios, such as survival of the [[Byzantine Empire]] or an [[alien invasion]] during the middle of the [[Second World War]]. In addition, he has been credited with giving original treatment to alternate themes that had been dealt with by many others, such as the [[American Civil War alternate histories|victory of the South]] in the [[American Civil War]] or the [[Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II|victory]] of [[Nazi Germany]] during the Second World War. His novels have been credited with bringing alternate history into the mainstream.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24495166-16947,00.html |title=On lowbrow street |access-date=October 20, 2008 |author=Graeme Blundell |date=October 18, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205185940/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24495166-16947,00.html |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>