Steven H Silver was the editor and publisher of ISFiC Press for 8 years. He has also edited books for DAW, NESFA Press, and ZNB Books. He began publishing short fiction in 2008, with "Les Lettres des Paston. Other stories include "Big White Men--Attack!" "Well of Tranquillity," and "The Prediscovered Country." His debut novel, After Hastings, was published in 2020.

In 1995, he created the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He is a seventeen-time Hugo Award finalist and was the publisher of the Hugo-nominated fanzine Argentus.