Teresa Nielsen Hayden

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Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Teresa Nielsen Hayden at Viable Paradise X, October, 2006
Born March 21, 1956 (1956-03-21) (age 52)
Occupation Editor
Nationality USA
Genres non-fiction (writer);
science fiction, fantasy (editor)
Influences
Official website

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born March 21, 1956) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and teacher. She works for Federated Media Publishing where she edits the comment section for the blog Boing Boing.[1] Hayden has been nominated for Hugo Awards five times.

Born Teresa Nielsen, she grew up in a Mormon household in Mesa, Arizona, but was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1980.[2] In her youth, she served as a page in the Arizona House of Representatives.[3] She appended Hayden to her name upon marrying the former Patrick Hayden in 1979; he also took her name, becoming Patrick Nielsen Hayden. The two of them were active members of science fiction fandom and collaborated on various fanzines, including the Hugo-nominated Izzard.

In 1985, along with husband Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa was one of the TransAtlantic Fan Fund delegates to Europe for Eastercon. Over the next few years, the Nielsen Haydens published at least three TAFF trip reports.[4] From 1985 to 1989, she served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine, along with David G. Hartwell, Samuel R. Delany, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Kathryn Cramer, and Susan Palwick.

She is a former managing editor and, now, consulting editor at Tor Books. In 1994, a collection of her essays, Making Book (ISBN 0-915368-55-2), was published by NESFA Press. It is now in its third printing. The second printing is the preferred edition.[5]

She is also one of the regular instructors for the writing workshop Viable Paradise.

Outside the science-fiction community, Nielsen Hayden is probably best known for her weblog,[citation needed] Making Light, where she writes about a wide range of subjects such as animal hoarding, publishing scams, astroturfing,[6] and global political events from a left-wing perspective[7][8]. She is the first recorded Internet editor to practice disemvoweling of the entire text of offensive posts; the term itself was coined in a Making Light post by Arthur Hlavaty.[9] She has since become comments moderator at the popular blog Boing Boing.

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[edit] Medical conditions

Nielsen Hayden has narcolepsy, for which she had been taking Cylert until the Food and Drug Administration withdrew the drug from the marketplace.[10][11][12][13]

[edit] Hugo Award nominations

[edit] Recent and forthcoming books edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

[edit] 2006

  • Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (mass market paperback, reprint of Tor hardcover)
  • The Book of Ballads by Charles Vess & co. (trade paperback, reprint of Tor hardcover)
  • Wolf Hunting by Jane Lindskold (new hardcover)
  • Grease Monkey by Tim Eldred (new hardcover)
  • Child of a Rainless Year by Jane Lindskold (mass market paperback, reprint of Tor hardcover)
  • Dzur by Steven Brust (new hardcover)
  • Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls by Jane Lindskold (trade paperback, reprint of Avon mass-market paperback original)
  • The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove (new hardcover)
  • Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust (trade paperback, reprint of Ace mass-market paperback original)
  • Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson (hardcover, reprint of Owlswick Press hardcover)

[edit] Notable books edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

[edit] Bibliography

  • Making Book (NESFA Press, 1994)
  • "Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice", in The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha (Tor Books, 2002)
  • "Remarks on Some Cliches I Have (By Definition) Known Too Well", Subterranean Magazine #4 (Subterranean Press, 2006)
  • Chapter 15 of Atlanta Nights (2005)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Welcome to the new Boing Boing!, Mark Frauenfelder, August 28, 2007
  2. ^ Nielsen Hayden, Teresa (1980-11), “God and I”, Telos #3, <http://nielsenhayden.com/GodandI.html> 
  3. ^ Nielsen Hayden, Teresa (2006-02-24). Opting Out of Education. Making Light. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  4. ^ TAFF Winners & Publications. The TransAtlantic Fan Fund (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  5. ^ Nielsen Hayden, Teresa (2004-02-11). Painful Announcement. Making Light. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  6. ^ James Eagle. "Wired: In sheep's clothing; James Eagle explains how big business is trying to muscle in on the net - and how users are fighting back", The Morning Star, 2006-09-02. 
  7. ^ Meet the 'Real Bush' by Dan Froomkin, The Washington Post, April 3rd, 2006.
  8. ^ Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, 9/8/05.
  9. ^ Cory Doctorow (14 May 2007). How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community. Information Week. TechWeb Business Technology Network. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  10. ^ Nielsen Hayden, Teresa; Patrick Nielsen Hayden (2006-01-02). Fckng Ralph Nader, fckng Public Citizen. Making Light. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  11. ^ UPDATE 2-Abbott's discontinued ADHD drug too risky-US FDA, Reuters, Oct 24, 2005
  12. ^ FDA withdraws approval for ADHD drug, Associated Press, 10/24/05.
  13. ^ Citizens' Group Wants Hyperactivity Drug Taken Off the Market, Gardner Harris, The New York Times, March 25, 2005.
  14. ^ 1995 Hugo Awards. Hugo Awards Website. WSFS (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  15. ^ 1991 Hugo Awards. Hugo Awards Website. WSFS (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  16. ^ 1989 Hugo Awards. Hugo Awards Website. WSFS (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  17. ^ a b 1984 Hugo Awards. Hugo Awards Website. WSFS (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Viable Paradise. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.

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