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'''Terri Windling''' (born December 3, 1958 in [[Fort Dix, New Jersey]]) is an American [[editing|editor]], [[artist]], [[essayist]], and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine [[World Fantasy Awards]], the [[Mythopoeic Fantasy Award]], and the [[Bram Stoker Award]], and her collection ''The Armless Maiden'' appeared on the short-list for the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]]. In 2010 Windling received the [[Nebula Award#Categories |SFWA 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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'''Terri Windling''' (born December 3, 1958, in [[Fort Dix, New Jersey]]) is an American [[editing|editor]], [[artist]], [[essayist]], and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine [[World Fantasy Award|World Fantasy Awards]], the [[Mythopoeic Awards|Mythopoeic Fantasy Award]], and the [[Bram Stoker Award]], and her collection ''The Armless Maiden'' appeared on the short-list for the [[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree, Jr. Award]].


In 2010, Windling received the [[Nebula Award#Categories|SFWA 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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In the American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary creative forces behind the [[mythic fiction]] resurgence that began in the early 1980s, through her work as an innovative editor for the [[Ace Books|Ace]] and [[Tor Books]] fantasy lines and as the editor of more than thirty anthologies of magical fiction. She created the Fairy Tale Series<ref name=FTSeries>{{isfdb series|40|The Fairy Tale Series}}. Retrieved 2020-03-15.</ref> of novels that reinterpret classic [[fairy tale]]s (below). She is also recognized as one of the founders of [[urban fantasy]], having published and promoted the first novels of Charles de Lint, [[Emma Bull]], and other pioneers of the genre.<ref name="Clute">{{cite book|last=Clute|first=John|author2=John Grant |title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=1999|edition=2nd |isbn=0-312-19869-8}}, pp. 148, 237, 333.</ref><ref name="Keller">{{cite web|url=http://bestoflegends.org/fairy/woods.html|title=Into the Woods: The Faery Worlds of Terri Windling|last=Keller|first=Donald G.|year=1998|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref>


== Early life ==
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With [[Ellen Datlow]], Windling edited 16 volumes of ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' (1986–2003), an anthology that reached beyond the boundaries of [[genre]] [[fantasy]] to incorporate [[magic realism]], surrealism, poetry, and other forms of magical literature. Datlow and Windling also edited the ''[[Snow White, Blood Red (book)|Snow 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 as ''[[The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest|The Green Man]]'', ''The Faery Reel'', and ''The Wolf at the Door''. Windling also created and edited the ''[[The Borderland Series|Borderland]]'' series for teenage readers, and ''The Armless Maiden'', a fiction collection for adult survivors of [[child abuse]] like herself.<ref name="Clute b">Clute (1995), p. 251.</ref><ref name="Armless Maiden">{{cite book|last=Windling|first=Terri|title=The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors |publisher=[[Tor Books]]|year=1995|isbn= 0-312-85234-7 }}</ref>
Terri Windling was born on December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|title= Summary Bibliography: Terri Windling|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?158|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}</ref> She was raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Authors : Windling, Terri : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/windling_terri|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Legends - Fairy Tales|url=http://bestoflegends.org/fairy/woods.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=bestoflegends.org}}</ref> She attended [[Antioch College]], graduating in 1979.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-04|title=Terri Windling '79 Announces Bumblehill Press {{!}} Antioch College|url=https://antiochcollege.edu/2020/06/terri-windling-79-announces-bumblehill-press/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204180312/https://antiochcollege.edu/2020/06/terri-windling-79-announces-bumblehill-press/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-12-04|access-date=2021-08-29}}</ref>


After college, she moved to [[New York City|New York]] and worked in publishing as an editor and an artist.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-19|title=Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling: Depth and Heart (part 2)|url=https://locusmag.com/2016/06/ellen-datlow-terri-windling-depth-and-heart-part-2/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Locus Online|language=en-US}}</ref>
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As an author, Windling's fiction includes ''[[The 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'', and ''The 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 to ''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales'', edited by [[Jack Zipes]].


== Career ==
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As an artist, Windling specializes in work inspired by [[myth]], [[folklore]], and fairy tales. Her art has been exhibited across the US, as well as in the UK and France.


=== Writing ===
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Windling is the founder of the [[Endicott Studio]], an organization dedicated to myth-inspired arts, and was the co-editor with [[Midori Snyder]] of ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'' from 1987 until it ceased publication in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/about/|title=Endicott Studio|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref> She also sits on the board of the [[Mythic Imagination Institute]]. Windling married [[Howard Gayton]], the British dramatist and co-founder of the influential [[Commedia dell'arte]] troupe, the [[Ophaboom Theatre Company]], in September 2008, and lives in Devon, England.<ref>"People and Publishing: Milestones", [[Locus (magazine)|''Locus'']], December 2008, p. 8.</ref>
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In the American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary creative forces behind the [[mythic fiction]] resurgence that began in the early 1980s, through her work as an innovative editor for the [[Ace Books|Ace]] and [[Tor Books]] fantasy lines and as the editor of more than thirty anthologies of magical fiction. She created the Fairy Tale Series<ref name=FTSeries>{{isfdb series|40|The Fairy Tale Series}}. Retrieved 2020-03-15.</ref> of novels that reinterpret classic [[fairy tale]]s. She is also recognized as one of the founders of [[urban fantasy]], having published and promoted the first novels of [[Charles de Lint]], [[Emma Bull]], and other pioneers of the genre.<ref name="Clute">{{cite book|last=Clute|first=John|author2=John Grant |title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=1999|edition=2nd |isbn=0-312-19869-8}}, pp. 148, 237, 333.</ref><ref name="Keller">{{cite web|url=http://bestoflegends.org/fairy/woods.html|title=Into the Woods: The Faery Worlds of Terri Windling|last=Keller|first=Donald G.|year=1998|access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

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With [[Ellen Datlow]], Windling edited 16 volumes of ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' (1986–2003), an anthology that reached beyond the boundaries of [[genre]] [[fantasy]] to incorporate [[magic realism]], surrealism, poetry, and other forms of magical literature. Datlow and Windling also edited the ''[[Snow White, Blood Red (book)|Snow 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 as ''[[The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest|The Green Man]]'', ''The Faery Reel'', and ''The Wolf at the Door''. Windling also created and edited the ''[[Borderland (book series)|Borderland]]'' series for teenage readers, and ''The Armless Maiden'', a fiction collection intended for adult survivors of [[child abuse]] like herself.<ref name="Clute b">Clute (1995), p. 251.</ref><ref name="Armless Maiden">{{cite book|last=Windling|first=Terri|title=The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors |publisher=[[Tor Books]]|year=1995|isbn= 0-312-85234-7 }}</ref>

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As an author, Windling's fiction includes ''[[The Wood Wife]]'' (1996), winner of the [[Mythopoeic Awards|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'', and ''The 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 to ''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales'', edited by [[Jack Zipes]].


In May 2016, Windling gave the fourth annual [[Tolkien Lecture]] at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]], speaking on the topic of fantasy literature in the post-Tolkien era.<ref>[https://tolkienlecture.org/2016/06/01/photographs-podcast-and-video-for-the-fourth-tolkien-lecture "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.</ref>
In May 2016, Windling gave the fourth annual [[Tolkien Lecture]] at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]], speaking on the topic of fantasy literature in the post-Tolkien era.<ref>[https://tolkienlecture.org/2016/06/01/photographs-podcast-and-video-for-the-fourth-tolkien-lecture "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.</ref>

In 2020, she announced the establishment of a publishing company, Bumblehill Press.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Myth & Moor news: announcing Bumblehill Press|url=https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2020/06/bumblehill-press.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Myth & Moor}}</ref>

=== Art ===
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As an artist, Windling specializes in work inspired by [[myth]], [[folklore]], and fairy tales. Her art has been exhibited across the US, as well as in the UK and France.

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Windling is the founder of the [[Endicott Studio]], an organization dedicated to myth-inspired arts, and was the co-editor with [[Midori Snyder]] of ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'' from 1987 until it ceased publication in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/about/|title=Endicott Studio|access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref> She also sits on the board of the [[Mythic Imagination Institute]].

== Personal life ==
In September 2008, Windling married Howard Gayton, a British dramatist and co-founder of the [[Ophaboom Theatre Company]], a [[Commedia dell'arte]] troupe.<ref>"People and Publishing: Milestones", [[Locus (magazine)|''Locus'']], December 2008, p. 8.</ref> Since the early 1990s she has resided in [[Devon|Devon, England]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Windling, Terri {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/windling-terri|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> she divided her time between there and [[Tucson, Arizona]], for many years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Author|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US}}</ref>

Windling is a close friend and neighbor of artists [[Wendy Froud|Wendy]] and [[Brian Froud]], and has collaborated with them on several projects.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Into the Woods" series, 55: Troll Maidens and the magic of bridges|url=https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2016/04/troll-maidens-and-the-magic-of-bridges.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Myth & Moor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Folklore of Hearth & Home|url=https://www.terriwindling.com/folklore/weavers-cotttage.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Essays on Folklore & Fairy Tales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rambles.NET: Brian & Wendy Froud, Terri Windling|url=https://www.rambles.net/froud_windling.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=www.rambles.net}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* ''Elsewhere, Volumes I–III'', edited with Mark Alan Arnold, Ace Books, 1981–1983 (winner of the World Fantasy Award for Volume I)
* ''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)
*'' Faery'', Ace Books, 1985 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
* [[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]] series, with [[Ellen Datlow]], 1986-2003 (winner of three World Fantasy Awards and the Bram Stoker Award)
* [[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]] series, with [[Ellen Datlow]], 1986–2003 (winner of three World Fantasy Awards and the Bram Stoker Award)
* Snow White, Blood Red series, with Ellen Datlow
* Snow White, Blood Red series, with Ellen Datlow
**''[[Snow White, Blood Red (book)|Snow White, Blood Red]]'', Morrow/Avon, 1993 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
**''[[Snow White, Blood Red (book)|Snow White, Blood Red]]'', Morrow/Avon, 1993 (World Fantasy Award nominee)
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**''Black Heart, Ivory Bones'', Avon Books, 2000
**''Black Heart, Ivory Bones'', Avon Books, 2000
*''Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers'', with Ellen Datlow, HarperPrism, 1998; Avon, 2002
*''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)
* ''[[The Armless Maiden|The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors]]'', Tor Books, 1995 ([[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] shortlist)
* Retold Fairy Tales series, with Ellen Datlow (for Middle Grade readers)
* Retold Fairy Tales series, with Ellen Datlow (for Middle Grade readers)
**''A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales'', Simon & Schuster, 2000
**''A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales'', Simon & Schuster, 2000
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===Series edited===
===Series edited===
* The Fairy Tale Series, created with artist Thomas Canty, Ace Books and Tor Books, 1986 to present<ref name=FTSeries/> – novels that retell and reinterpret traditional fairy tales; by [[Steven Brust]], [[Pamela Dean]], Charles de Lint, [[Tanith Lee]], [[Patricia C. Wrede]], [[Jane Yolen]], and others
* The ''Fairy Tale Series'', created with artist Thomas Canty, Ace Books and Tor Books, 1986 to present<ref name=FTSeries/> – novels that retell and reinterpret traditional fairy tales; by [[Steven Brust]], [[Pamela Dean]], Charles de Lint, [[Tanith Lee]], [[Patricia Wrede]], [[Jane Yolen]], and others
* Brian Froud's Faerielands, Bantam Books, 1994 – contemporary fantasy novellas by Charles de Lint and [[Patricia A. McKillip]], illustrated by Brian Froud
* Brian Froud's ''Faerielands'', Bantam Books, 1994 – contemporary fantasy novellas by Charles de Lint and [[Patricia A. McKillip]], illustrated by Brian Froud
* [[The Borderland Series]], New American Library, Tor Books, Harper Prism, 1985 to present
* [[Borderland (book series)|''Borderland'']], New American Library, Tor Books, Harper Prism, 1985 to present
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 are [[Ellen Kushner]], Charles de Lint, [[Midori Snyder]], [[Emma Bull]], and Will Shetterly. The series consists of five anthologies and three novels to date.{{when|date=March 2020}}
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 are [[Ellen Kushner]], Charles de Lint, [[Midori Snyder]], [[Emma Bull]], and Will Shetterly. The series consists of five anthologies and three novels to date.{{when|date=March 2020}}


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* [http://www.iblist.com/author1412.htm Terri Windling] at the [[Internet Book List]]
* [http://www.iblist.com/author1412.htm Terri Windling] at the [[Internet Book List]]
*{{isfdb name|id=Terri_Windling|name=Terri Windling}}
*{{isfdb name|id=Terri_Windling|name=Terri Windling}}
* [http://www.endicott-studio.com/articleslist/mythic-fiction-for-young-adults-by-julie-bartel.html "Mythic Fiction for Young Adults"] by Julie Bartel, ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'', 2005
* {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20150403034136/http://www.endicott-studio.com/articleslist/mythic-fiction-for-young-adults-by-julie-bartel.html "Mythic Fiction for Young Adults"]}} by Julie Bartel, ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'', 2005
* [http://www.locusmag.com/2003/Issue10/Windling.html Terri Windling interview] in [[Locus Magazine]], October 2003
* [http://www.locusmag.com/2003/Issue10/Windling.html Terri Windling interview] in [[Locus Magazine]], October 2003
* Zipes, Jack (2000), ''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales'', Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-860115-8}}
* Zipes, Jack (2000), ''The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales'', Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-860115-8}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.terriwindling.com}}
*{{official website|http://www.terriwindling.com}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051026072540/http://www.endicott-studio.com/ The Endicott Studio]
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20051026072540/http://www.endicott-studio.com/ The Endicott Studio]}}
*[http://www.endicottstudio.typepad.com/jomahome The Journal of Mythic Arts]
*[http://www.endicottstudio.typepad.com/jomahome The Journal of Mythic Arts]
*[http://www.mythicjourneys.org/passages/septoct2003/newsletterp10.html The Artist as Shaman: Madness, Shapechanging & Art in Terri Windling's The Wood Wife] by Niko Sylvester, Mythic Passages Sept-Oct 2003
*[http://www.mythicjourneys.org/passages/septoct2003/newsletterp10.html The Artist as Shaman: Madness, Shapechanging & Art in Terri Windling's The Wood Wife] by Niko Sylvester, Mythic Passages Sept–Oct 2003
* [http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/articleslist/donkeyskin-deerskin-allerleirauh-the-reality-of-the-fairy-tale-by-helen-pilinovsky.html "Donkeyskin, Deerskin, Allerleirauh: The Reality of the Fairy Tale"] by Helen Pilinovsky (examines the Donkeyskin fairy tale in fiction by [[Robin McKinley]], [[Jane Yolen]], and Terri Windling), ''Realms of Fantasy'' magazine, 2001, and ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'', 2005
* [http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/articleslist/donkeyskin-deerskin-allerleirauh-the-reality-of-the-fairy-tale-by-helen-pilinovsky.html "Donkeyskin, Deerskin, Allerleirauh: The Reality of the Fairy Tale"] by Helen Pilinovsky (examines the Donkeyskin fairy tale in fiction by [[Robin McKinley]], [[Jane Yolen]], and Terri Windling), ''Realms of Fantasy'' magazine, 2001, and ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'', 2005
* [http://www.actusf.com/spip/Interview-de-Terri-Windling-VO.html Windling interview in ActuSF]: French online sf magazine, 2011
* [http://www.actusf.com/spip/Interview-de-Terri-Windling-VO.html Windling interview in ActuSF]: French online sf magazine, 2011
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*[http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/310361-the-wood-wife---q-a-with-terri-windling-march-27th-april-3rd The Wood Wife – Q&A with Terri Windling (March 27 – April 3, 2010) ]
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrRabbits.html |title=The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares |first1=Terri |last1=Windling |authorlink=Terri Windling |publisher=Endicott Studios |year=2005 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/67AkEBAkB?url=http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrRabbits.html |archivedate=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
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*[http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/310361-the-wood-wife---q-a-with-terri-windling-march-27th-april-3rd The Wood Wife – Q&A with Terri Windling (March 27–April 3, 2010) ]
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Terri Windling
Photo portrait, 2008
Photo portrait, 2008
Born (1958-12-03) December 3, 1958 (age 65)
Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
  • Editor
  • artist
  • essayist
  • author
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAntioch College
Website
www.terriwindling.com

Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.

In 2010, Windling received the SFWA 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.

Early life[edit]

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 attended Antioch 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[edit]

Writing[edit]

In the American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary creative forces behind the mythic fiction resurgence that began in the early 1980s, through her work as an innovative editor for the Ace and Tor 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 classic fairy tales. She is also recognized as one of the founders of urban fantasy, having published and promoted the first novels of Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, and other pioneers of the genre.[7][8]

With Ellen Datlow, Windling edited 16 volumes of Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (1986–2003), an anthology that reached beyond the boundaries of genre fantasy to incorporate magic realism, surrealism, poetry, and other forms of magical literature. Datlow and Windling also edited the Snow 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 as The Green Man, The Faery Reel, and The Wolf at the Door. Windling also created and edited the Borderland series for teenage readers, and The Armless Maiden, a fiction collection intended for adult survivors of child abuse like herself.[9][10]

As an author, Windling's fiction includes The Wood Wife (1996), 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, and The 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 to The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes.

In May 2016, Windling gave the fourth annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke 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[edit]

As an artist, Windling specializes in work inspired by myth, 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 the Endicott Studio, an organization dedicated to myth-inspired arts, and was the co-editor with Midori Snyder of The Journal of Mythic Arts from 1987 until it ceased publication in 2008.[13] She also sits on the board of the Mythic Imagination Institute.

Personal life[edit]

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

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

Works[edit]

Fiction[edit]

  • "The Green Children", The Armless Maiden, Tor Books, 1995
  • The Wood Wife, Tor Books, 1996 (winner of the Mythopoeic Award)
  • "The Color of Angels", The Horns of Elfland, New American Library, 1997
  • The Raven Queen, with Ellen Steiber, Random House, 1999
  • The Changeling, Random House, 1995
  • The Old Oak Wood Series, Simon & Schuster, illustrated by Wendy 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[edit]

  • "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[edit]

  • 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)
  • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series, with Ellen 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, 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)
  • 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[edit]

  • The Fairy Tale Series, created with artist Thomas Canty, Ace Books and Tor Books, 1986 to present[6] – novels that retell and reinterpret traditional fairy tales; by Steven Brust, Pamela Dean, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Patricia Wrede, Jane Yolen, and others
  • Brian Froud's Faerielands, Bantam Books, 1994 – contemporary fantasy novellas by Charles de Lint and Patricia A. McKillip, illustrated by Brian Froud
  • Borderland, New American Library, Tor Books, Harper Prism, 1985 to present

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 are Ellen 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Terri Windling". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Authors : Windling, Terri : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Legends - Fairy Tales". bestoflegends.org. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Terri Windling '79 Announces Bumblehill Press | Antioch College". 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling: Depth and Heart (part 2)". Locus Online. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b The Fairy Tale Series series listing at the Internet 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". Retrieved 17 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. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Endicott Studio". Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  14. ^ "People and Publishing: Milestones", Locus, December 2008, p. 8.
  15. ^ "Windling, Terri | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Author". US Macmillan. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  17. ^ ""Into the Woods" series, 55: Troll Maidens and the magic of bridges". Myth & Moor. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. ^ "The Folklore of Hearth & Home". Essays on Folklore & Fairy Tales. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Rambles.NET: Brian & Wendy Froud, Terri Windling". www.rambles.net. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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