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.

Swedin is a professor of history at Weber State University in Utah. He has written several non-fiction textbooks and academic works, as well as five novels, and his books and papers have been cited in over 70 academic works. He won the Sidewise Award for his 2010 alternate history novel, When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was a consultant on two documentaries about the Cuban Missile Crisis: Clouds Over Cuba, which won an Emmy Award, and What If...? Armageddon 1962, a documentary which aired on the Military Channel in 2014.

Swedin consulted on Clouds Over Cuba and consulted on and appeared in What If...? Armageddon 1962.

• Clouds Over Cuba (2012, created by and aired at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum) This program won an Emmy Award for "New Approaches: Documentaries".
• What If...? Armageddon 1962 (2014, Military Channel)

• ^ "Dr. Eric G. Swedin, Professor of History, Weber State University". Weber State University. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015. 
• "Clouds Over Cuba". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2015.  Note: Site is entirely in Flash. Click on the "Credits" link in the bottom right to view the credits.
• "What If...? Armageddon 1962: All-New Documentary Premieres Tuesday, October 22 at 10/9c". Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.