Terri Windling

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Photo portrait, 2008

Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958 inFort Dix, New Jersey) is an Americaneditor,artist,essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nineWorld Fantasy Awards, theMythopoeic Fantasy Award, and theBram Stoker Award, and her collectionThe Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for theJames Tiptree, Jr. Award.

In 2010, Windling received theSFWA Solstice Award, which honors "individuals with a significant impact on the speculative fiction field". Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Lithuanian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, and Korean.

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Early life

Terri Windling was born on December 3, 1958 in Fort Dix, New Jersey.[1] She was raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.[2][3] She attendedAntioch College, graduating in 1979.[4]

After college, she moved to New York and worked in publishing as an editor and an artist.[3][5]

Career

Writing

In the American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary creative forces behind themythic fiction resurgence that began in the early 1980s, through her work as an innovative editor for theAce andTor Books fantasy lines and as the editor of more than thirty anthologies of magical fiction. She created the Fairy Tale Series[6] of novels that reinterpret classicfairy tales. She is also recognized as one of the founders ofurban fantasy, having published and promoted the first novels ofCharles de Lint,Emma Bull, and other pioneers of the genre.[7][8]

WithEllen Datlow, Windling edited 16 volumes ofYear's Best Fantasy and Horror (1986–2003), an anthology that reached beyond the boundaries ofgenrefantasy to incorporatemagic realism, surrealism, poetry, and other forms of magical literature. Datlow and Windling also edited theSnow White, Blood Red series of literary fairy tales for adult readers, as well as many anthologies of myth & fairy tale inspired fiction for younger readers, such asThe Green Man,The Faery Reel, andThe Wolf at the Door. Windling also created and edited theBorderland series for teenage readers, andThe Armless Maiden, a fiction collection for adult survivors ofchild abuse like herself.[9][10]

As an author, Windling's fiction includesThe Wood Wife (winner of the Mythopoeic Award for Novel of the Year) and several children's books:The Raven Queen,The Changeling,A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale,The Winter Child, andThe Faeries of Spring Cottage. Her essays on myth, folklore, magical literature and art have been widely published in newsstand magazines, academic journals, art books, and anthologies. She was a contributor toThe Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited byJack Zipes.

In May 2016, Windling gave the fourth annualTolkien Lecture atPembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of fantasy literature in the post-Tolkien era.[11]

In 2020, she announced the establishment of a publishing company, Bumblehill Press.[4][12]

Art

As an artist, Windling specializes in work inspired bymyth,folklore, and fairy tales. Her art has been exhibited across the US, as well as in the UK and France.

Windling is the founder of theEndicott Studio, an organization dedicated to myth-inspired arts, and was the co-editor withMidori Snyder ofThe Journal of Mythic Arts from 1987 until it ceased publication in 2008.[13] She also sits on the board of theMythic Imagination Institute.

Personal life

In September 2008, Windling married Howard Gayton, a British dramatist and co-founder of theOphaboom Theatre Company, aCommedia dell'arte troupe.[14] Since the early 1990s she has resided inDevon, England;[15] she divided her time between there andTucson, Arizona for many years.[16]

Windling is a close friend and neighbor of artistsWendy andBrian Froud, and has collaborated with them on several projects.[17][18][19]

Works

Fiction

  • "The Green Children",The Armless Maiden, Tor Books, 1995
  • The Wood Wife, Tor Books, 1996 (winner of theMythopoeic Award)
  • "The Color of Angels",The Horns of Elfland, New American Library, 1997
  • The Raven Queen, withEllen Steiber, Random House, 1999
  • The Changeling, Random House, 1995
  • The Old Oak Wood Series, Simon & Schuster, illustrated byWendy Froud
    • A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, 1999
    • The Winter Child, 2000
    • The Faeries of Spring Cottage, 2001
  • "Red Rock",Century Magazine, 2000
  • The Moon Wife, Tor Books, forthcoming
  • Little Owl, Viking, forthcoming[needs update]

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 ofBrian 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 toThe Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
  • Contributing writer toFées, elfes, dragons & autres créatures des royaumes de féerie, edited by Claudine Glot and Michel Le Bris, Hoëbeke, France, 2004
  • Contributing writer toPanorama illustré de la fantasy & du merveilleux, edited by André-François Ruaud, Les Moutons Electriques, France 2004
  • Numerous articles on myth and mythic arts forRealms of Fantasy magazine and theJournal 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, withEllen Datlow, 1986–2003 (winner of three World Fantasy Awards and the Bram Stoker Award)
  • Snow White, Blood Red series, with Ellen Datlow
  • 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, withEllen 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)
  • Teeth with Ellen Datlow, HarperCollins, 2011
  • After with Ellen Datlow, Disney/Hyperion, forthcoming 2012
  • Queen Victoria's Book of Spells with Ellen Datlow, Tor Books, forthcoming 2013[needs update]

Series edited

The latter Young Adult shared-world series features the intersection of Elfland and human lands, which is generally populated by teenagers, runaways, and exiles. Primary series writers areEllen Kushner, Charles de Lint,Midori Snyder,Emma Bull, and Will Shetterly. The series consists of five anthologies and three novels to date.[when?]

See also

References

  1. ^"Summary Bibliography: Terri Windling".Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  2. ^"Authors : Windling, Terri : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia".www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  3. ^ab"Legends - Fairy Tales".bestoflegends.org. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  4. ^ab"Terri Windling '79 Announces Bumblehill Press | Antioch College". 4 December 2020. Archived fromthe original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  5. ^"Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling: Depth and Heart (part 2)".Locus Online. 19 June 2016. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  6. ^abThe Fairy Tale Series series listing at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  7. ^Clute, John; John Grant (1999).The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (2nd ed.). St. Martin's Griffin.ISBN 0-312-19869-8., pp. 148, 237, 333.
  8. ^Keller, Donald G. (1998)."Into the Woods: The Faery Worlds of Terri Windling". Retrieved17 January 2010.
  9. ^Clute (1995), p. 251.
  10. ^Windling, Terri (1995).The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors.Tor Books.ISBN 0-312-85234-7.
  11. ^"Photographs, podcast, and video for the Fourth Tolkien Lecture",The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  12. ^"Myth & Moor news: announcing Bumblehill Press".Myth & Moor. Retrieved30 August 2021.
  13. ^"Endicott Studio". Retrieved17 January 2010.
  14. ^"People and Publishing: Milestones",Locus, December 2008, p. 8.
  15. ^"Windling, Terri | Encyclopedia.com".www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  16. ^"Author".US Macmillan. Retrieved29 August 2021.
  17. ^""Into the Woods" series, 55: Troll Maidens and the magic of bridges".Myth & Moor. Retrieved30 August 2021.
  18. ^"The Folklore of Hearth & Home".Essays on Folklore & Fairy Tales. Retrieved30 August 2021.
  19. ^"Rambles.NET: Brian & Wendy Froud, Terri Windling".www.rambles.net. Retrieved30 August 2021.

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