Editing Eric Flint (section)

{{Short description|American author and editor (1947–2022)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name = Eric Flint
| image = Eric Flint.jpg
| caption = Flint in 2007
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|2|6}}
| birth_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|7|17|1947|2|6}}
| death_place = [[East Chicago, Indiana]], U.S.
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
* Novelist
* short story author
* editor
* e-publisher
}}
| genre = Science fiction, [[fantasy]], [[alternate history]]
| movement =
| notableworks = ''[[1632 (novel)|1632]]''
| website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802090008/https://ericflint.net/ |title=Last snapshot of Eric Flint's official website}}
}}
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'''Eric Flint''' (February 6, 1947 – July 17, 2022) was an American author, editor, and [[Electronic publishing|e-publisher]]. The majority of his works are [[alternate history]] [[science fiction]], but he also wrote humorous [[fantasy]] adventures. His works have been listed on ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and [[Locus (magazine)|''Locus'' magazine]] best-seller lists. He was a co-founder and editor of the [[Baen Free Library]].