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'''Nancy Farmer''' (born 1941) is an acclaimed children's author from the [[United States]]. |
'''Nancy Farmer''' (born 1941) is an acclaimed children's author from the [[United States]]. |
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Nancy Farmer | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Children's literature, young adult literature, fantasy and science fiction |
Nancy Farmer (born 1941) is an acclaimed children's author from the United States.
Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1963 she received her B.S. degree from Reed College, then enlisted in the Peace Corps from 1963–1965, and eventually became a lab technician in Zimbabwe from 1975–1978, where she met her future husband, Harold. After a week-long courtship, the two were married. Farmer currently lives in Menlo Park, California, with her husband; they have one son, Daniel.
Bibliography
Novels and novelette
- The Mirror (novelette) (1987)
- Lorelei: The Story of a Bad Cat (1987)
- Do You Know Me (1993)
- The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (1994)
- A Girl Named Disaster (1996)
- The Warm Place (1996)
- The House of the Scorpion (2002)
- Excerpt from The House of the Scorpion - in Full-Blooded Fantasy: 8 Spellbinding Tales Where Anything Is Possible (2005)
- The Sea of Trolls (2004)
- The Land of the Silver Apples [sequel to "The Sea of Trolls"] Atheneum, (2007)
- The Islands of the Blessed, [sequel to The Land of the Silver Apples] (to be published in 2009)
Picture books
- Runnery Granary: A Mystery Must Be Solved--Or the Grain is Lost!, illustrated by Jos. A. Smith (1996)
- Casey Jones's Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb, illustrated by James Bernardin (1999)
- Clever Ali, illustrated by Gail De Marcken (2006)
Short stories
- “Tapiwa’s Uncle” - in Cricket (February 1992)
- "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, eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (2000)
- "Remember Me" - in Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Sharyn November (2003)
- "Bella's Birthday Present" - in Can You Keep a Secret, ed. Lois Metzger (2007)
- "The Mole Cure" - in Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 2007)
- "Ticket to Ride" - in Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction, ed. Sharyn November (2008, forthcoming)
- "Castle Othello" - in Troll's Eye View, eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (2009, forthcoming)
Awards
- 1995, Newbery Honor for The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (1994)
- 1995, National Book Award (U.S.) Finalist, Young People's Literature category, 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)
- 2003, Buxtehuder Bulle (Germany) for The House of the Scorpion (2002)
- 2003, Printz Honor for The House of the Scorpion (2002)