Lois Tilton is a science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer. She won the

Sidewise Award for Alternate History The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. Overview The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in wh ...

in the short form category for her story "Pericles the Tyrant" in 2006. In 2005, her story, "The Gladiator's War" was a nominee for the

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy Novella#Versus novelette, novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novele ...

. She has also written several novels concerning

vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...

s and media-related novels, one each in the ''

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tel ...

'' and ''

Deep Space Nine ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the '' Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication fr ...

'' universes. She was a short fiction reviewer for the website ''Locus Online'' from March 2010 till January 2016. Previously, she reviewed short fiction for ''

The Internet Review of Science Fiction ''The Internet Review of Science Fiction'' was an American webzine devoted to science fiction criticism. It featured critical articles as well as reviews of short fiction and novels. History The magazine was published from 2004 to 2010 and publi ...

''.

Novels

*''Vampire Winter'' (1990) *''Darkness on the Ice'' (1993) *''Written in Venom'' (2000) *''Darkspawn'' (2000)

Star Trek novels

*''

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Ofte ...

'' (1994)

Babylon 5 novels

*'' Babylon 5: Accusations'' (1995)

Short stories

* ''The Craft of War'' (1998) (collected in

Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed ...

's anthology ''

Alternate Generals Bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and nonfiction writer Harry Turtledove: Writing as Eric Iverson ''Elabon'' * ''Wereblood'' (1979) * ''Werenight'' (1979, revised in 1994 to include ''Wereblood'') * ''Prince of the North ...

'')

External links

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Lois Tilton's reviews
at Locus Online
2014 short fiction in review
by Lois Tilton 1946 births Living people Sidewise Award winners American horror writers American fantasy writers American science fiction writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women short story writers Women horror writers American women novelists Women historical novelists 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers {{US-sf-writer-stub