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'''Nancy Farmer''' (born July 9, 1941), in Phoenix, Arizona, is an | '''Nancy Farmer''' (born July 9, 1941), in Phoenix, Arizona, is an acclaimed author of children's and young adult literature. She received her B.S. degree from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, in 1963, then enlisted in the U.S. Peace Corps from 1963–1965, and eventually became a lab technician in Zimbabwe from 1975–1978, where she met her future husband, Harold. The couple were married after a courtship lasting a week. Farmer currently lives in Menlo Park, California, with her husband and their son, Daniel. | ||
== | ==Bibliography== | ||
===Novels and novelettes=== | ===Novels and novelettes=== | ||
*''The Mirror'' (novelette) (1987) | *''The Mirror'' (novelette) (1987) | ||
*''Lorelei: The Story of a Bad Cat'' (1987) | *''Lorelei: The Story of a Bad Cat'' (1987) | ||
*''Do You Know Me'' (1993) | *''Do You Know Me'' (1993) | ||
*''Tapiwa's uncle'' (1993) | *''Tapiwa's uncle'' (1993) | ||
*''[[The Ear, the Eye and the Arm]]'' (1994) | *''[[The Ear, the Eye and the Arm]]'' (1994) | ||
*'' | *''The Warm Place'' (1995) | ||
*''Runnery Granary: A Mystery Must Be Solved-Or the Grain is Lost!'' (1996) | *''Runnery Granary: A Mystery Must Be Solved-Or the Grain is Lost!'' (1996) | ||
*''[[A Girl Named Disaster]]'' (1996) | *''[[A Girl Named Disaster]]'' (1996) | ||
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===Short stories=== | ===Short stories=== | ||
*"Origami Mountain" | *"Origami Mountain" - in ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection'' (1992) | ||
*"Falada: the Goose Girl's Horse" | *"Falada: the Goose Girl's Horse" - in ''A Wolf At the Door'' (2000) | ||
*"Remember Me" | *"Remember Me" - in ''Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (2003) | ||
==Awards== | |||
*1995, Newbery Honor for ''The Ear, the Eye and the Arm'' (1994) | |||
*1997, Newbery Honor for ''A Girl Named Disaster'' (1996) | |||
*2002, National Book Award (U.S.), Young People's Literature category, for ''The House of the Scorpion'' (2002) | |||
*2003, Newbery Honor for ''The House of the Scorpion'' (2002) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.librarything.com/author/farmernancy&norefer=1 Nancy Farmer on LibraryThing] | |||
*[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Nancy_Farmer Nancy Farmer at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database] | *[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Nancy_Farmer Nancy Farmer at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database] | ||
*[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit46.html#1624 Nancy Farmer at the Locus Index to SF Awards] | *[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit46.html#1624 Nancy Farmer at the Locus Index to SF Awards] | ||
*[http://www.childrenslit.com/f_nancyfarmer.html Nancy Farmer on childrenslit.com] | |||
*[http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/african_history/97782 An interview with Nancy Farmer on Suite101] | |||
*[http://www.locusmag.com/2004/Issues/01Farmer.html Excerpts from a Locus Magazine interview with Nancy Farmer] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 29 November 2010
Nancy Farmer (born July 9, 1941), in Phoenix, Arizona, is an acclaimed author of children's and young adult literature. She received her B.S. degree from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, in 1963, then enlisted in the U.S. Peace Corps from 1963–1965, and eventually became a lab technician in Zimbabwe from 1975–1978, where she met her future husband, Harold. The couple were married after a courtship lasting a week. Farmer currently lives in Menlo Park, California, with her husband and their son, Daniel.
Bibliography
Novels and novelettes
- The Mirror (novelette) (1987)
- Lorelei: The Story of a Bad Cat (1987)
- Do You Know Me (1993)
- Tapiwa's uncle (1993)
- The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (1994)
- The Warm Place (1995)
- Runnery Granary: A Mystery Must Be Solved-Or the Grain is Lost! (1996)
- A Girl Named Disaster (1996)
- Casey Jones's Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb by James Bernardin and Nancy Farmer (1999)
- The House of the Scorpion (2002)
- The Sea of Trolls (2004)
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Nancy Farmer (2004)
- Excerpt from The House of the Scorpion - in Full-Blooded Fantasy: 8 Spellbinding Tales Where Anything Is Possible (2005)
- Clever Ali (2006)
- Land of the Silver Apples, a sequel to The Sea of Trolls is due to be published in 2007
Short stories
- "Origami Mountain" - in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection (1992)
- "Falada: the Goose Girl's Horse" - in A Wolf At the Door (2000)
- "Remember Me" - in Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction (2003)
Awards
- 1995, Newbery Honor for The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (1994)
- 1997, Newbery Honor for A Girl Named Disaster (1996)
- 2002, National Book Award (U.S.), Young People's Literature category, for The House of the Scorpion (2002)
- 2003, Newbery Honor for The House of the Scorpion (2002)