What awards did Heinlein win for his work?
Heinlein won four Hugo awards for best novel (an unmatched record), the first Grandmaster Nebula ever awarded, the Sequoyah award for best novel for young people, and was nominated for a dozen more major awards. (All of his awards and nominations were for novels; his short-fiction days largely predated the major science fiction awards.) The Hugo awards are nominated and voted for by the fans. Heinlein’s Hugo nominations and awards (and Nebula nominations) are as follows: – Double Star (Hugo, 1956) – Have Space Suit–Will Travel (Hugo nom., 1958) – Starship Troopers (Hugo, 1959) – Stranger in a Strange Land (Hugo, 1961) – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Hugo, 1966) – Time Enough for Love (Hugo & Nebula nom., 1973) – Friday (Hugo & Nebula nom., 1982) – Job: A Comedy of Justice (Hugo & Nebula nom., 1984) Heinlein never won a Nebula award (voted by the members of the SFWA) for any specific work. However, in 1976 he was awarded the first-ever Grandmaster Nebula for Lifetime Achievement. Altho