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Patrick Nielsen Hayden

"One of the most literate and historically aware editors in science fiction."
—The Washington Post

An interview with Patrick


Patrick Is:

  • Senior editor and manager of fantasy and science fiction, Tor Books. Founder and manager of the Orb line of classic backlist trade paperbacks.
  • Anthologist; editor of the Starlight series of original anthologies, New Skies, and New Magics.
  • World Fantasy Award-winner; seven-time Hugo Award finalist; winner of the SF Chronicle Award for Best Book Editor.

Books Edited for Tor:

  • The Time Patrol by Poul Anderson
  • A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
  • Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear
  • Jupiter by Ben Bova
  • Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull
  • Finder by Emma Bull
  • The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter
  • The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
  • Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook
  • The Price of the Stars by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
  • After the King: Stories in Honor of J. R. R. Tolkien ed. Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
  • China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (Locus Award for Best First Novel, 1992; Tiptree Award, 1992; Lambda Literary Award, 1992)
  • Glass Houses by Laura J. Mixon
  • Flying in Place by Susan Palwick (IAFA/Crawford Award, 1992)
  • The Stone War by Madeleine E. Robins
  • Household Gods by Judith Tarr & Harry Turtledover
  • Justinian by H. N. Turteltaub (Harry Turtledove)
  • The King's Peace by Jo Walton
  • Split Heirs by Lawrence Watt-Evans and Esther Friesner
  • The Wood Wife by Terri Windling (Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1997)
  • The Perseids and Other Stories by Robert Charles Wilson
  • Elvissey by Jack Womack (Philip K. Dick Award, 1992)
    ...plus many more

Some Honors For Starlight:

  • Nebula Award, "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen, from Starlight 1
  • World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, for Starlight 1
  • Tiptree Award, "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" by Raphael Carter, from Starlight 2
  • Sturgeon Award, "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, from Starlight 2
  • Nebula Award, "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, from Starlight 2

Selected Other Writing and Editing:

  • Introduction to The Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction by Cory Doctorow and Karl Schroeder. New York: Alpha Books, 2000.
  • Alternate Skiffy. Co-edited with Mike Resnick. Wildside Press, 1997.
  • "Anatomy of a Sale: Raphael Carter's The Fortunate Fall to Tor Books." Written with Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Article in The Science Fiction Writer's Market Place and Sourcebook, 2nd ed., ed. David Borcherding. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Press, 1996.
  • Making Book by Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Editor. Framingham, Massachussets: NESFA Press, 1994.
  • Introduction to Double Feature by Will Shetterly & Emma Bull. Written with Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Boston: NESFA Press, 1994.
  • Entries in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ed. John Clute and Peter Nicholls. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
  • "Return," short story in Xanadu 1, ed. Jane Yolen. New York: Tor Books, 1993.
  • "Sincerity," short story in More Whatdunits, ed. Mike Resnick. New York: DAW, 1993.
  • "Binding," short story in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, ed. Mike Resnick. New York: DAW, 1992.
  • Entries in The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ed. James Gunn. New York: Viking, 1988.
  • Wagner/Artaud by Samuel R. Delany. Editor, with Teresa Nielsen Hayden. New York: Ansatz Press, 1988.
  • "Fascinating Rhetoric," essay on cyberpunk SF, Mississippi Review 47/48, 1988.
  • Preface to The Map: Rediscovering Rock and Roll by Paul Williams. South Bend: And Books, 1988.

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