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Terri Windling

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Terri Windling

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958-12-03 (Fort Dix, New Jersey)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New Jersey → Pennsylvania → New York City → Devon, England → Tucson, Arizona

Career

Occupations
Editor, Artist, Essayist, Author
Active Years
1979-2025
Affiliations
Endicott Studio (founder), Mythic Imagination Institute (board member)
Influenced By
Myth and Folklore
Influenced
Charles de Lint, Emma Bull
Nominations
Numerous Locus Awards, World Fantasy Award nominations, etc.

Education

Antioch College
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: United States

Awards

World Fantasy Award
2022
Work: Life Achievement
Category: Life Achievement
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: Won
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
1997
Work: The Wood Wife
Category: Adult Literature
Result: Won
Bram Stoker Award
Work: Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
Result: Won
SFWA Solstice Award
2010
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Wood Wife

1996 Fantasy Novel

A novel blending myth and art, set in Arizona, about a poet and his wife.

MythArtTransformation
Translations
  • French, German, etc.

Bibliography

  • The Wood Wife, The Raven Queen, etc. Full list on Wikipedia

Translations of Works

  • French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Lithuanian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Korean

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Mythic fictionMagic realismFairy tale reinterpretation
Recurring Motifs
FaeriesMythWoodsShapechanging

Health

  • Child abuse survivor
    幼少期
    Reflected in works, especially The Armless Maiden

Legacy

One of the founders of urban fantasy and mythic fiction. Edited over 30 anthologies.

In Popular Culture

  • Influential in modern fairy tale literature

Trivia

  • Founded Bumblehill Press in 2020
  • Founder of Endicott Studio