Teresa Nielsen Hayden

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science fiction, fantasy (editor)

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Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born March 21, 1956) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and workshop instructor.{{cite web |title=Teresa Nielsen Hayden |publisher=Viable Paradise |url=http://viableparadise.net/viable-paradise-instructors/teresa-nielsen-hayden/ |accessdate=2015-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120210510/http://viableparadise.net/viable-paradise-instructors/teresa-nielsen-hayden/ |archivedate=2015-01-20 }} She is a consulting editor for Tor Books{{cite web|title=Nielsen Hayden, Teresa|website=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/nielsen_hayden_teresa|accessdate=2015-01-20}} and is well known for her weblog, Making Light. She has also worked for Federated Media Publishing, when in 2007 she was hired to revive the comment section for the blog Boing Boing.{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2007/08/28/welcome-to-the-new-b.html|title=Welcome to the new Boing Boing!|first=Mark|last=Frauenfelder|website=Boing Boing|date=August 28, 2007|accessdate=2015-01-20}} Nielsen Hayden has been nominated for Hugo Awards five times.

Early life

Born Teresa Nielsen, she grew up in a Mormon household in Mesa, Arizona.{{Cite news | last = Nielsen Hayden | first = Teresa | title = God and I | newspaper = Telos #3 | date = November 1980 | url = http://nielsenhayden.com/GodandI.html }}

Career

From 1985 to 1989, she served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine.{{cite journal|title=Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden: The continuation of fanac by other means|journal=Locus|date=May 2013|volume=70|number=5|pages=67–69|issn=0047-4959}} Excerpt including relevant biographical information at {{cite web|website=Locus Online|title=Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden: The continuation of fanac by other means|date=May 23, 2013|url=http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2013/05/patrick-teresa-nielsen-hayden-the-continuation-of-fanac-by-other-means/|accessdate=2015-01-20}}

She is a former managing editor and a former 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.{{cite web | last = Nielsen Hayden | first = Teresa | title = Painful Announcement | work = Making Light | date = February 11, 2004 | url = http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004727.html| accessdate = 2007-08-28}}

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

Nielsen Hayden is well known for her weblog, Making Light, where she writes about subjects such as animal hoarding, publishing scams, astroturfing,{{cite news| title=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 | author=James Eagle | publisher=The Morning Star| date=September 2, 2006}} and global political events. 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.{{cite web| title=How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community| url=https://www.informationweek.com/how-to-keep-hostile-jerks-from-taking-over-your-online-community/d/d-id/1055100| first=Cory |last=Doctorow |authorlink=Cory Doctorow| work=Information Week| publisher=TechWeb Business Technology Network| date=May 14, 2007| accessdate=2007-08-27}} She was the first lead comments moderator at the popular blog Boing Boing when it reopened its comments feature in 2007. In June 2008, a controversy on Boing Boing concerning the "unpublication" of all articles that mention sex columnist Violet Blue generated criticism of some of her moderation techniques, including disemvowelment.{{cite web |last=Nielsen Hayden |first=Teresa |url=http://boingboing.net/2008/07/01/that-violet-blue-thi.html |title=That Violet Blue Thing |publisher=Boing Boing |date=July 1, 2008}}{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Noam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07link.html?ref=business |title=Poof! You're Unpublished |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 7, 2008}}{{cite news |last=Kapica |first=Jack |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wgtfridayreads0704/BNStory/Technology/home |title=A BoingBoing brouhaha, Indy for Prez and Oscar-worthy animated robots |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=July 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907043636/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wgtfridayreads0704/BNStory/Technology/home |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }}

Personal life

Teresa Nielsen 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, Nielsen Hayden and her husband were TransAtlantic Fan Fund delegates to Europe for Eastercon. Over the next few years, the Nielsen Haydens published at least three TAFF trip reports.{{cite web| title=TAFF Winners & Publications | url=http://taff.org.uk/taffhist.html#1985| work=The TransAtlantic Fan Fund| year=2007| accessdate=2007-08-27}}

She was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1980 for her support of the Equal Rights Amendment. In her youth, she served as a page in the Arizona House of Representatives.{{cite web | last = Nielsen Hayden | first = Teresa | title = Opting Out of Education | work = Making Light | date = February 24, 2006 | url = http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007271.html#114692 | accessdate = 2007-08-28 }}

Nielsen Hayden has narcolepsy,{{cite web |last=Doctorow |first=Cory |url=http://boingboing.net/2006/01/04/public-citizen-shaft.html |title=Public Citizen shafts people with narcolepsy |website=Boing Boing |date=January 4, 2006 |accessdate=2015-01-20}} for which she had been taking pemoline until the Food and Drug Administration withdrew the drug from the marketplace.{{cite web | last1 = Nielsen Hayden | first1 = Teresa |first2=Patrick |last2=Nielsen Hayden | title = Fckng Ralph Nader, fckng Public Citizen | work = Making Light | date = January 2, 2006 | url = http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007140.html | accessdate = 2007-08-28}}[http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nN2475960&imageid=&cap=&from=business UPDATE 2-Abbott's discontinued ADHD drug too risky-US FDA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609045318/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nN2475960&imageid=&cap=&from=business |date=2007-06-09 }}, Reuters, Oct 24, 2005[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-24-adhd-withdrawal_x.htm FDA withdraws approval for ADHD drug], Associated Press, 10/24/05.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/business/25warning.html |title=Citizens' group wants hyperactivity drug taken off the market |first=Gardner |last=Harris |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 2005 |accessdate=2015-01-20}} In September 2008 she had what appeared to be a heart attack; paramedics were summoned immediately, and she made a full recovery.{{cite web |url=http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/14/get-well-soon-teresa.html |title=Get well soon, Teresa! |first=Cory |last=Doctorow |website=Boing Boing |date=September 14, 2008 |accessdate=2015-01-20}}

Hugo Award nominations

1995 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book for Making Book{{cite web | title =1995 Hugo Awards | work = Hugo Awards Website | publisher = WSFS | year = 2007 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=25 | accessdate = 2007-08-27 }}
1991 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer{{cite web | title =1991 Hugo Awards | work = Hugo Awards Website | publisher = WSFS | year = 2007 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=29 | accessdate = 2007-08-27 }}
1989 co-nominee for Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for The New York Review of Science Fiction{{cite web | title =1989 Hugo Awards | work = Hugo Awards Website | publisher = WSFS | year = 2007 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=31 | accessdate = 2007-08-27 }}
1984 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer{{cite news | title =1984 Hugo Awards | work = Hugo Awards Website | publisher = WSFS | year = 2007 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=35 | accessdate = 2007-08-27 }}
1984 co-nominee, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden, for Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for Izzard

Books edited

Poul Anderson: Alight in the Void {{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}
Steven Brust: Dragon,{{cite book |title=Dragon |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdB_1lMDSlcC&pg=PA4 |isbn=978-0-8125-8916-0 |year=1998}} Issola,{{cite book |title=Issola |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__faMf1qok4C&pg=PT338 |isbn=978-1-4299-9635-8 |year=2001}} Dzur,{{cite book |title=Dzur |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2006 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JeUCj8YquYC&pg=PA4 |isbn=978-0-7653-4154-9}} The Paths of the Dead,{{cite book |title=The Paths of the Dead |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2002 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHbWswMuvOgC&pg=PR4 |isbn=0-812-53417-4}} The Lord of Castle Black,{{cite book |title=The Lord of Castle Black |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2003 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lm2zCrz4fkC&pg=PT8 |isbn=0-312-85582-6}} Sethra Lavode,{{cite book |title=Sethra Lavode |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2004 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMmuFue3kFEC&pg=PT6 |isbn=0-312-85581-8}} Jhegaala,{{cite book |title=Jhegaala |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2008 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yu4YcHhVUoQC&pg=PA4 |isbn=978-0-7653-4155-6}} Iorich,{{cite book |title=Iorich |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2009 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yu4YcHhVUoQC&pg=PA4 |isbn=978-0-7653-1208-2}} Tiassa,{{cite book |title=Tiassa |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2011 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/tiassa00brus |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/tiassa00brus/page/n99 4] |isbn=978-0-7653-1209-9}} The Incrementalists,{{cite book |title=The Incrementalists |last1=Brust |first1=Steven |last2=White |first2=Skyler |year=2013 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W4tAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 |isbn=978-0-7653-3422-0}} Hawk {{cite book |title=Hawk |last=Brust |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Brust |year=2014 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKhzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT259 |isbn=978-0-7653-2444-3}}
Avram Davidson: The Avram Davidson Treasury (Locus poll winner, Best Collection, 1999){{cite book |title=The Avram Davidson Treasury |last=Davidson |first=Avram |authorlink=Avram Davidson |editor1-last=Silverberg |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-link=Robert Silverberg |editor2-last=Davis |editor2-first=Grania |year=1998 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MletZyBxT0C&pg=PT861 |isbn=978-1-4299-7267-3}}
Samuel R. Delany: Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions (published with Patrick Nielsen Hayden under the imprint Ansatz Press, 1988){{cite book | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102376 | title = Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions | year = 1988 | last=Delany |first=Samuel R. | publisher = Ansatz Press |authorlink=Samuel R. Delany | isbn=0-945195-01-X}}
John M. Ford: The Last Hot Time{{cite book |title=The Last Hot Time |last=Ford |first=John M. |authorlink=John M. Ford |year=2000 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/lasthottime00ford |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/lasthottime00ford/page/n9 6] |isbn=0-312-85545-1}}
Shariann Lewitt: Memento Mori, Interface Masque, Rebel Sutra {{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}
Jane Lindskold: The Buried Pyramid,{{cite book |title=The Buried Pyramid |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2004 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzUP4ICIC3EC&pg=PP6 |isbn=978-0-7653-4159-4}} Child of a Rainless Year,{{cite book |title=Child of a Rainless Year |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2005 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YoH8q2Gpy0IC&pg=PA4 |isbn=0-765-30937-8}} Through Wolf's Eyes,{{cite book |title=Through Wolf's Eyes |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2001 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUFP0SskLKkC&pg=PP6 |isbn=0-812-57548-2}} Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart, The Dragon of Despair,{{cite book |title=The Dragon of Despair |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2003 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndJvkTp-jVwC&pg=PA4 |isbn=0-7653-0259-4}} Wolf Captured,{{cite book |title=Wolf Captured |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2004 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2p2-pvKWXRIC&pg=PP6 |isbn=978-0-7653-4823-4}} Wolf Hunting,{{cite book |title=Wolf Hunting |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2006 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BwDIEFsUwwC&pg=PP4 |isbn=978-0-7653-5143-2}} Wolf's Blood{{cite book |title=Wolf's Blood |last=Lindskold |first=Jane |authorlink=Jane Lindskold |year=2007 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZi4d0GYTp8C&pg=PP8 |isbn=978-0-7653-5374-0}}
James D. Macdonald and Debra Doyle: The Stars Asunder{{cite book |title=The Stars Asunder |last1=Macdonald |first1=James D. |authorlink1=James D. Macdonald |last2=Doyle |first2=Debra |authorlink2=Debra Doyle |year=1999 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu4Cd5RXE6AC&pg=PT570 |isbn=978-1-4668-0364-0}}
Terry McGarry: The Binder's Road,{{cite book |title=The Binder's Road |last=McGarry |first=Terry |year=2003 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/bindersroad00mcga |url-access=registration |isbn=0-765-34328-2}} Triad{{cite book |title=Triad |last=McGarry |first=Terry |year=2005 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvlZKwlgqpQC&pg=PP6 |isbn=978-0-765-34329-1}}
Douglas Morgan: Tiger Cruise {{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}
Harry Turtledove: Conan of Venarium,{{cite book |title=Conan of Venarium |last=Turtledove |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Turtledove |year=2003 |url=https://archive.org/details/conanofvenarium0000turt |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/conanofvenarium0000turt/page/n0 4] |publisher=Tor Books |isbn=0-765-30466-X}} The Breath of God{{cite book |title=The Breath of God |last=Turtledove |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Turtledove |year=2008 |url=https://archive.org/details/breathofgod00turt |url-access=registration |publisher=Tor Books |isbn=978-0-7653-5639-0}}
James White: The Galactic Gourmet, Mind Changer,{{cite book |title=Mind Changer |last=White |first=James |authorlink=James White (author) |year=1998 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=prOYKSDYs08C&pg=PT175 |isbn=978-0-3128-7170-3}} Final Diagnosis,{{cite book |title=Final Diagnosis |last=White |first=James |authorlink=James White (author) |year=1997 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZ6DqDSwEpcC&pg=PA0 |isbn=0-812-56268-2}} Double Contact{{cite book |title=Double Contact |last=White |first=James |authorlink=James White (author) |year=1999 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzJIFvMkHQgC&pg=PA0 |isbn=0-812-56860-5}}
Charles Vess: The Book of Ballads{{cite book |title=The Book of Ballads |last=Vess |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles Vess |year=2004 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyEklvq-WqEC&pg=PA4 |isbn=0-765-31215-8}}
Robert Charles Wilson: Darwinia (Prix Aurora Award winner, 1999),{{cite book |title=Darwinia |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=1998 |publisher=Orb Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0CXPGJ8N_gC&pg=PA2 |isbn=978-0-7653-1905-0}} Blind Lake (Prix Aurora Award winner, 2004),{{cite book |title=Blind Lake |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2003 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwFohtsQ4L8C&pg=PP6 |isbn=978-0-7653-4160-0}} Spin (Hugo Award winner, 2006),{{cite book |title=Spin |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0JEILWDidAC&pg=PP6 |isbn=978-0-765-34825-8}} Axis,{{cite book |title=Axis |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2007 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/axis0000wils |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/axis0000wils/page/n9 4] |isbn=978-0-7653-0939-6}} Julian Comstock,{{cite book |title=Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2009 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/juliancomstockst00wils |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-7653-5923-0}} Vortex,{{cite book |title=Vortex |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2011 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/vortex00wils_0 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/vortex00wils_0/page/n43 4] |isbn=978-0-7653-2342-2}} Burning Paradise{{cite book |title=Burning Paradise |last=Wilson |first=Robert Charles |authorlink=Robert Charles Wilson |year=2013 |publisher=Tor Books |url=https://archive.org/details/burningparadise0000wils |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-7653-3261-5}}

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