genres awards nationality subjects notableworks name language period article_title birth_name occupation
alternate history , science fiction sidewise award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- united states history , technology '' the cuban missile crisis '' when angels wept : a what-if history of eric g. swedin english 2003 -- present eric g. swedin
 eric gottfrid swedin professor , writer
eric g. swedin

eric g. swedin is an american author of science fiction and academic nonfiction works .
he is a professor of history at weber state university in utah .
swedin is the 2010 long form winner of the sidewise award for his alternate history novel `` when angels wept : a what-if history of the cuban missile crisis '' .
he was a consultant for the emmy award-winning documentary , `` clouds over cuba '' , which was created for the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum .
