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'''Terri Windling''' is a writer, editor, artist, and critic. She is well known for editing numerous anthologies of fairy tales and for promoting the [[mythic fiction]] genre in her editing, her own writing, founding the [[Endicott Studio]], and in co-editing ''[[The Journal of Mythic Arts]]'' (from the Endicott Studio) along with [[Midori Snyder]].
'''Terri Windling''' is a writer, editor, artist, folklorist, and critic. She is well known for (1) promoting [[adult fairy tale literature]] and the [[mythic fiction]] genre in both her editorial work and her own writing, (2) for promoting fiction and critical works exploring gender issues in folklore and myth, and (3) for mentoring emerging writers and scholars in the field of mythic arts.
 
Windling was the Fantasy Editor at Ace Books, 1979-1985, working with Science Fiction editors Susan Allison and [[Beth Meacham]]. She has been a Consulting Fantasy Editor for Tor Books since 1986. She has edited numerous anthologies of fantasy fiction, many of them in partnership with [[Ellen Datlow]]. She edited the "Folkroots" column in ''Realms of Fantasy'' magazine from 1992 - 2008. Windling founded the [[Endicott Studio]] - an organization for the promotion of mythic arts - in 1987, and co-edited its online magazine, the''[[Journal of Mythic Arts]],'' with [[Midori Snyder]] from 1997 to 2008.
 
As a writer, Windling has published fiction for children and adults, as well as nonfiction on myth, folklore, fantasy literature, and Victorian art.  She is also a painter of works inspired by myth, folklore, and women's history. Her art has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and Europe.  


==Biography==
==Biography==
* attended Antioch University in Ohio
* Born and raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
* Editor for Ace Books, 1979-1986 and hired by Jim Baen. Brought in new writers Charles de Lint; Ellen Kushner; Sheri S. Tepper; Patricia C. Wrede; Steven Brust; Emma Bull; Will Shetterly; Pamela Dean; Delia Sherman; Megan Lindholm; Midori Snyder; Gregory Frost. Encouraged numerous other fantasy writers to expand their works. Changed the look of the fantasy art used, significantly affecting the depictions of [[women in fantasy art]].  
* Studied English and Folklore at Antioch College in Ohio, with study abroad in London and Dublin.
* Armadillo Press, 1985-86.
* Editor for [[Ace Books]], New York City, 1979-1985. Brought in new writers including [[Charles de Lint]]; [[Sheri S. Tepper]]; [[Patricia C. Wrede]]; Steven Brust; [[Emma Bull]]; [[Will Shetterly]]; [[Pamela Dean]]; [[Delia Sherman]]; [[Megan Lindholm]] (a.k.a. [[Robin Hobb]]); [[Midori Snyder]]; and Gregory Frost; encouraged numerous other fantasy writers, including [[Ellen Kushner]] and [[Jane Yolen]], to expand their works; nurtured the growth of the urban fantasy genre; brought writers such as Jonathan Carroll and Michael de Larrabeiti into paperback for the first time; changed the look of the fantasy art used for book covers, significantly affecting the depictions of [[women in fantasy art]]. Created the MagicQuest imprint of young adult fantasy for Ace/Tempo Books, publishing works by writers including [[Tanith Lee]], [[Patricia McKillip]], Peter Dickinson, Elizabeth Marie Pope, Penelope Lively, Allison Uttley, and [[Jane Yolen]].
* Tor Books, 1986-present.  
* Consulting editor for [[Tor Books]], 1986-present.  
* Beginning 1986, edited with [[Ellen Datlow]] the ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror''
* Co-edited with [[Ellen Datlow]] the ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' (St. Martin's Press) for the first 16 volumes of the series. Chose [[Kelly Link]] and Gavin Grant to succeed her in the job beginning with Volume 17.
* 1987, founded The [[Endicott Studio]]  
* Founded The [[Endicott Studio]] for Mythic Arts, 1987.
* ? 1987? founded with Sheila Berry a studio group for women artists in Boston
* Has divided her time between homes in Devon, England and Tucson, Arizona since 1990.
* Co-edited ''The [[Journal of Mythic Arts]]'' with [[Midori Snyder]], 1997-2008. Received the World Fantasy Award for this work in 2008.
* Co-founded the Endicott West Arts Retreat in Tucson, Arizona with [[Ellen Kushner]] and [[Delia Sherman]] in 2000. The Retreat is currently managed by [[Emma Bull]] and Will Shetterly.
* Married English theatre director Howard Gayton in 2008.


==Works==
==Works==
===Fiction===
===Fiction===
* ''[[The Wood Wife]]'' (1996 novel) (winner, [[Mythopoeic Award]])
* "The Green Children," ''The Armless Maiden'', Tor Books, 1995 (story)
* "The Color of Angels" (1997 novella; loosely related to ''The Wood Wife'')
* ''[[The Wood Wife]]'', Tor Books, 1996 (novel, winner of the [[Mythopoeic Award]])
* ''The Moon Wife'' (forthcoming)
* "The Color of Angels", ''The Horns of Elfland'', New American Library, 1997 (novella, loosely related to ''The Wood Wife'')
* ''The Raven Queen''
* ''The Raven Queen'', with [[Ellen Steiber]], Random House, 1999 (novel, for Middle Grade readers)
* ''The Changeling''
* ''The Changeling'', Random House, 1995 (chapter book for Middle Grade readers)
* ''A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale''
* The Old Oak Wood Series, Simon & Schuster (children's books, illustrated by [[Wendy Froud]]):
* ''The Winter Child''
*** ''A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale'', 1999
* ''The Faeries of Spring Cottage''
*** ''The Winter Child'', 2000
* "Red Rock" (2000; ''Century Magazine'')
*** ''The Faeries of Spring Cottage'', 20001
* "Red Rock," ''Century Magazine'', 2000 (story)
* ''The Moon Wife'', Tor Books, forthcoming (novel)
* ''Little Owl'', Viking, forthcoming (young adult novel)
 
===Nonfiction===
* "Surviving Childhood," ''The Armless Maiden'', Tor Books, 1995
* "Transformations," ''Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales'' (Expanded Edition), Anchor, 1998
* Co-writer and editor of ''Brian Froud's Good Faeries/Bad Faeries'', Simon & Schuster, 2000
* "On Tolkien and Fairy Stories," ''Meditations on Middle-Earth'', St. Martin's Press, 2001
* Contributing writer to ''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales'', edited by Jack Zipes, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
* Contributing writer to ''Fées, elfes, dragons & autres créatures des royaumes de féerie'', edited by Claudine Glot and Michel Le Bris, Hoëbeke, France, 2004
* Contributing writer to ''Panorama illustré de la fantasy & du merveilleux'', edited by André-François Ruaud, Les Moutons Electriques, France 2004
* Numerous articles on myth and mythic arts for [[Realms of Fantasy]] magazine and the [[Journal of Mythic Arts]], 1992-2008
 
===Anthologies===
* ''Elsewhere, Volumes I - III'', edited with Mark Alan Arnold, Ace Books, 1981-1983 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Volume I)
*'' Faery'', Ace Books, 1985 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
* [[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]] series, with [[Ellen Datlow]], 1986-2003 (3 World Fantasy Awards; the Bram Stoker Award; several other award nominations)
* Snow White, Blood Red series, with [[Ellen Datlow]]:
***''Snow White, Blood Red'', Morrow/Avon, 1993 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
***''Black Thorn, White Rose'', Morrow/Avon, 1994; Prime Books, 2007
***''Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears'', Morrow/Avon, 1995; Prime Books 2008
***''Black Swan, White Raven'', Avon Books, 1997; Prime Books, 2008
***''Silver Birch, Blood Moon'', Avon Books, 1999 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)
***''Black Heart, Ivory Bones'', Avon Books, 2000
*''Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers'', with Ellen Datlow, HarperPrism, 1998; Avon, 2002
* ''[[The Armless Maiden|The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors]]'', Tor Books, 1995 ([[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] shortlist)
* Retold Fairy Tales series, with [[Ellen Datlow]] (for Middle Grade readers):
***''A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales'', Simon & Schuster, 2000
***''Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold'', Simon & Schuster, 2002
***''Troll's Eye View and Other Villainous Tales'', Viking, 2009
* Mythic Fiction series, with [[Ellen Datlow]], illustrated by Charles Vess (for Young Adult readers):
***''The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest'', Viking, 2002 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)
***''The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm'', Viking, 2004 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
***''The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales'', Viking, 2007 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
***''The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People'', Viking, 2010
*''Salon Fantastique'' with Ellen Datlow, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)
 
===Series Edited===
* The Fairy Tale Series, created with artist Thomas Canty, Ace Books and Tor Books, 1986 to present: a series of novels that retell and reinterpret traditional fairy tales, featuring Charles DeLint, [[Jane Yolen]], [[Patricia Wrede]], [[Pamela Dean]], [[Tanith Lee]] and others.
* Brian Froud's Faerielands, Bantam Books, 1994: contemporary fantasy novellas by Charles de Lint and [[Patricia A. McKillip]], illustrated by Brian Froud
* The [[Borderlands]] Series, New American Library, Tor Books, Harper Prism, 1985 to present: a Young Adult shared-world series featuring the intersection between Elfland and human lands, generally populated by teenagers, runaways, and exiles. Primary series writers: [[Ellen Kushner]], Charles de Lint, [[Midori Snyder]], [[Emma Bull]], Will Shetterly. The series consists of four anthologies and three novels to date. 


===Edited works===
* ''[[The Armless Maiden|The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors]]'' (Tor, 1995) (1995 [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] shortlist)
* ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series]]'' (1988-2003; edited with [[Ellen Datlow]]); 3 World Fantasy Awards; the Bram Stoker Award; several other nominations. Series continues under other editorship.
* ''[[Snow White, Blood Red series]]''
* ''[[The Wolf at the Door]]''
* ''Swan Sister'' (2003; sequel to ''A Wolf at the Door''; 8-12yo fairy tale anthology)
* ''The Green Man and Other Tales of the Mythic Forest'' ed. by [[Ellen Datlow]] and [[Terri Windling]] (2002)
* ''The Faery Reel''
* ''The Borderland series''
* ''The Fairy Tale series'' (1986 to present; a series of novels that retell and reinterpret traditioanl fairy tales)
* ''Brian Froud's Faerielands'' (1994)
* ''Sirens'' (1998; collection of erotic fantasy)


==Awards==
==Awards==
* Mythopoeic Award for ''[[The Wood Wife]]''
* Mythopoeic Award for ''[[The Wood Wife]]''
* World Fantasy Awards
* Nine World Fantasy Awards
* Bram Stoker Award
* Bram Stoker Award
* Short-listed for the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] for ''[[The Armless Maiden]]''
* Short-listed for the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] for ''[[The Armless Maiden]]''


==References==
==References==
* [http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biblipub.html Terri Windling: A Bibliography Publishing Chronology] by Patrick Kimball, at Endicott Studio
* [http://www.iblist.com/author1412.htm Terri Windling] at the Internet Book List
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Terri_Windling Terri Windling] at the Speculative Fiction Database
* [http://www.endicott-studio.com/wtrm/wrMythYoung.html "Mythic Fiction for Young Adults"] by Julie Bartel, ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'', 2005
* ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', John Clute and John Grant, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1999
* ''New Tales for Old: Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults'', Gail de Vos and Anna E. Altmann, Libraries Unlimited,, Connecticut, 1999
* ''St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers, Edition 2'', Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast, St. James Press, Michigan, 1992
 
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.terriwindling.com Terri Windling's website]
* [http://www.endicott-studio.com The Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts]
* [http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/jomahome The Journal of Mythic Arts]
* [http://www.endicott-studio.com/wtrm/wrMadness.html The Artist as Shaman: Madness, Shapechanging & Art in Terri Windling's The Wood Wife by Niko Sylvester]


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Latest revision as of 19:02, 12 December 2010

Terri Windling is a writer, editor, artist, folklorist, and critic. She is well known for (1) promoting adult fairy tale literature and the mythic fiction genre in both her editorial work and her own writing, (2) for promoting fiction and critical works exploring gender issues in folklore and myth, and (3) for mentoring emerging writers and scholars in the field of mythic arts.

Windling was the Fantasy Editor at Ace Books, 1979-1985, working with Science Fiction editors Susan Allison and Beth Meacham. She has been a Consulting Fantasy Editor for Tor Books since 1986. She has edited numerous anthologies of fantasy fiction, many of them in partnership with Ellen Datlow. She edited the "Folkroots" column in Realms of Fantasy magazine from 1992 - 2008. Windling founded the Endicott Studio - an organization for the promotion of mythic arts - in 1987, and co-edited its online magazine, theJournal of Mythic Arts, with Midori Snyder from 1997 to 2008.

As a writer, Windling has published fiction for children and adults, as well as nonfiction on myth, folklore, fantasy literature, and Victorian art. She is also a painter of works inspired by myth, folklore, and women's history. Her art has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and Europe.

Biography

Works

Fiction

  • "The Green Children," The Armless Maiden, Tor Books, 1995 (story)
  • The Wood Wife, Tor Books, 1996 (novel, winner of the Mythopoeic Award)
  • "The Color of Angels", The Horns of Elfland, New American Library, 1997 (novella, loosely related to The Wood Wife)
  • The Raven Queen, with Ellen Steiber, Random House, 1999 (novel, for Middle Grade readers)
  • The Changeling, Random House, 1995 (chapter book for Middle Grade readers)
  • The Old Oak Wood Series, Simon & Schuster (children's books, illustrated by Wendy Froud):
      • A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, 1999
      • The Winter Child, 2000
      • The Faeries of Spring Cottage, 20001
  • "Red Rock," Century Magazine, 2000 (story)
  • The Moon Wife, Tor Books, forthcoming (novel)
  • Little Owl, Viking, forthcoming (young adult novel)

Nonfiction

  • "Surviving Childhood," The Armless Maiden, Tor Books, 1995
  • "Transformations," Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (Expanded Edition), Anchor, 1998
  • Co-writer and editor of Brian Froud's Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, Simon & Schuster, 2000
  • "On Tolkien and Fairy Stories," Meditations on Middle-Earth, St. Martin's Press, 2001
  • Contributing writer to The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
  • Contributing writer to Fées, elfes, dragons & autres créatures des royaumes de féerie, edited by Claudine Glot and Michel Le Bris, Hoëbeke, France, 2004
  • Contributing writer to Panorama illustré de la fantasy & du merveilleux, edited by André-François Ruaud, Les Moutons Electriques, France 2004
  • Numerous articles on myth and mythic arts for Realms of Fantasy magazine and the Journal of Mythic Arts, 1992-2008

Anthologies

  • Elsewhere, Volumes I - III, edited with Mark Alan Arnold, Ace Books, 1981-1983 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Volume I)
  • Faery, Ace Books, 1985 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
  • Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series, with Ellen Datlow, 1986-2003 (3 World Fantasy Awards; the Bram Stoker Award; several other award nominations)
  • Snow White, Blood Red series, with Ellen Datlow:
      • Snow White, Blood Red, Morrow/Avon, 1993 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
      • Black Thorn, White Rose, Morrow/Avon, 1994; Prime Books, 2007
      • Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, Morrow/Avon, 1995; Prime Books 2008
      • Black Swan, White Raven, Avon Books, 1997; Prime Books, 2008
      • Silver Birch, Blood Moon, Avon Books, 1999 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)
      • Black Heart, Ivory Bones, Avon Books, 2000
  • Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, with Ellen Datlow, HarperPrism, 1998; Avon, 2002
  • The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, Tor Books, 1995 (James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist)
  • Retold Fairy Tales series, with Ellen Datlow (for Middle Grade readers):
      • A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, Simon & Schuster, 2000
      • Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold, Simon & Schuster, 2002
      • Troll's Eye View and Other Villainous Tales, Viking, 2009
  • Mythic Fiction series, with Ellen Datlow, illustrated by Charles Vess (for Young Adult readers):
      • The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, Viking, 2002 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)
      • The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm, Viking, 2004 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
      • The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Viking, 2007 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
      • The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, Viking, 2010
  • Salon Fantastique with Ellen Datlow, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 (Winner of the World Fantasy Award)

Series Edited

  • The Fairy Tale Series, created with artist Thomas Canty, Ace Books and Tor Books, 1986 to present: a series of novels that retell and reinterpret traditional fairy tales, featuring Charles DeLint, Jane Yolen, Patricia Wrede, Pamela Dean, Tanith Lee and others.
  • Brian Froud's Faerielands, Bantam Books, 1994: contemporary fantasy novellas by Charles de Lint and Patricia A. McKillip, illustrated by Brian Froud
  • The Borderlands Series, New American Library, Tor Books, Harper Prism, 1985 to present: a Young Adult shared-world series featuring the intersection between Elfland and human lands, generally populated by teenagers, runaways, and exiles. Primary series writers: Ellen Kushner, Charles de Lint, Midori Snyder, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly. The series consists of four anthologies and three novels to date.


Awards

References

  • Terri Windling at the Internet Book List
  • Terri Windling at the Speculative Fiction Database
  • "Mythic Fiction for Young Adults" by Julie Bartel, The Journal of Mythic Arts, 2005
  • The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute and John Grant, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1999
  • New Tales for Old: Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults, Gail de Vos and Anna E. Altmann, Libraries Unlimited,, Connecticut, 1999
  • St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers, Edition 2, Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast, St. James Press, Michigan, 1992


External Links

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