WINDLING, Terri

(1958-)

   US editor, artist and writer who began in the first capacity in 1979 at ACE BOOKS, where she developed the company's fantasy line, discovering such authors as Steven BRUST and Charles DE LINT, and launching the Ace Fantasy Specials with Emma BULL's War for the Oaks (1987). Also while at Ace she launched the Fairy Tales series with Brust'sThe Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (1987). She moved to TOR BOOKS in 1987 as consulting editor; the 4th and subsequent Fairy Tales books were published by that house. The winner of 4 World Fantasy Awards for her editorial work, TW also edited with Mark Alan Arnold Elsewhere (anth 1981), Elsewhere, Volume II (anth 1982) and Elsewhere, Volume III (anth 1984),and edits with Ellen DATLOW (whom see for details) the Year's Best Fantasy annual anthology.

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   Other works: Faery! (anth 1982); the Borderlands SHARED-WORLD anthology series, the first 2 vols ed with Mark Alan Arnold: Borderland (anth 1986), Borderland 2 (anth 1986) and Life on the Border (anth 1991); and 2 anthologies of Twice-Told Wonder Tales with Datlow: Snow White, Blood Red (anth 1993) and Black Thorn, White Rose (anth 1994).