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Nancy Springer
nancyspringer@blazenet.net

Type of books:
in children's literature, mostly novels for middle grade and young adult readers. Some short stories. genre: realistic, mystery, fantasy, lo-hi

Bio:
Nancy Springer is a lifelong fiction writer, author of thirty-some-odd (some of them very odd) volumes of mythic fantasy, realistic fiction, children's literature, mystery, short stories and poetry. Springer has won the Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award for her children's novel COLT, and two Edgar Allen Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, in 1996 for her children's novel LOOKING FOR JAMIE BRIDGER and in 1995 for her young adult novel TOUGHING IT. The latter was also a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, a YALSA Recommended Book for the Young Adult Reader, a Carolyn W. Field Award Honor Book and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Other notable children's and young adult novels by Springer include SECRET STAR, THE BOY ON A BLACK HORSE (YALSA Recommended for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader) THEY'RE ALL NAMED WILDFIRE.

Springer's most recent novel for young adults is SKY RIDER, exploring the afterlife. Also recently published is I AM MORDRED, an Arthurian novel from the point of view of Arthur's unacknowledged son. Published by Philomel Books, I AM MORDRED has received starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, is a Parents Magazine Parents Choice award, is a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy and Youth Editors Choice, and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Also, I AM MORDRED recently received the Carolyn W. Field Award as best children's book by a Pennsylvania Author in 1998.

When not writing, Springer can often be found hiking, horseback riding, or volunteering for Wind Ridge Farm Equine Sanctuary or Animal Rescue, Inc. Springer lives in Dallastown, Pennsylvania with too many hyperactive cats.

Nancy Springer PUBLISHING CREDITS in children's literature:

A HORSE TO LOVE, Harper & Row, March 1987. International Reading Association Children's Book Council Children's Choice, 1988.

THE HEX WITCH OF SELDOM, Baen Books, hardcover, March 1988; paperback, March 1989. New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" listee, Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore) "Youth-to-Youth Books: A List for Imagination and Survival" listee, ALA Best Books for Young Adults nominee.

NOT ON A WHITE HORSE, Atheneum Books for Children, March 1988. Paperback, Knopf, January 1990.

THEY'RE ALL NAMED WILDFIRE, Atheneum Books for Children, April 1989.

RED WIZARD, Atheneum Books for Children, March 1990. A Junior Library Guild selection and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award nominee.

COLT, Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1991. Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award recipient. International Reading Association Young Adult's Choice, 1993. New York Public Library 1993 Book for the Teen Age. Maryland Children's Book Award nominee. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee. Paperback, Puffin Books, February 1994.

THE FRIENDSHIP SONG, Atheneum Books for Children, March 1992. Newbery Award nominee. Pennsylvania Library Association Carolyn W. Field Award Notable book, 1993.

THE GREAT PONY HASSLE, Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1993. Paperback, Puffin, August 1996.

THE BOY ON A BLACK HORSE, Atheneum Books for Children, March 1994. Paperback, Troll, 1995. An ALA/YALSA Recommended Book for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader.

MUSIC OF THEIR HOOVES, poems for children, Boyds Mills Press, May 1994.

TOUGHING IT, Harcourt Brace, simultaneous hardcover and paperback, October, 1994. American Booksellers Pick of the Lists. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. An ALA Recommended Book for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader. A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Edgar Allen Poe Award winner in young adult category. Carolyn W. Field Award Honor Book. South Carolina Young Adult Book Award nominee.

LOOKING FOR JAMIE BRIDGER, Dial Books for Young Readers, June, 1995. Edgar Allen Poe Award winner, juvenile category, 1996.

SECRET STAR, Philomel, April 1997.

I AM MORDRED, Philomel, May 1998. Parents Magazine Parents' Choice. Starred Publishers Weekly, Starred Booklist, Booklist Top Ten Fantasies, ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, NY Public Library Book for the Teen Age.

SKY RIDER, Avon, August 1999. Paperback, HarperTrophy, July, 2000

I AM MORGAN LE FAY, Philomel, forthcoming..

ROWAN HOOD, Philomel, forthcoming. SEPARATE SISTERS, Holiday House, forthcoming.

Nancy Springer ANTHOLOGIES EDITED

1. PROM NIGHT, DAW, May 1999.

2. RIBBITING TALES, Philomel, forthcoming Fall 2000.

Nancy Springer SHORT STORIES for children:

"Who's Gonna Rock Us Home," in 2041, Jane Yolen, Ed., Delacorte, September 1991. Paperback, Laurel Leaf Books, 1994.

"The Raven," CAMELOT, Jane Yolen, Ed., Philomel, 1995.

"We Don't Know Why," STARFARER'S DOZEN, Jane Yolen and Michael Stearns, Eds., Harcourt Brace, 1995.

"Byrd Song," BRUCE COVILLE'S BOOK OF MAGIC, Bruce Coville, Ed., Scholastic, 1996.

"Vend U," BRUCE COVILLE'S BOOK OF MONSTERS 2, 1996.

"Girl Wears Tie, Says Hi," Cricket magazine, September, 1996.

"Yeah, Yeah," A NIGHTMARE'S DOZEN, Michael Stearns, ed., Harcourt Brace, 1996. Reprint, Danish edition, 1997.

"The Quirin's Secret, " Cricket magazine, June, 1997.

"Nothing If Not Logical, " Boys' Life, August, 1997.

"A Blue Moon in a White Sky," FROM ONE EXPERIENCE TO ANOTHER, Dr. M. Jerry Weiss & Helen Weiss, Eds., Tor, 1997

"Eat Your Enemy," TWELVE SHOTS, Harry Mazer, Ed., Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1997. Paperback 1998.

"A Pear for Solomon, Cricket magazine, July and August 1998.

"Bigger and Better," Highlights for Children, forthcoming.

"Know Your True Enemy," forthcoming in SHERWOOD, Jane Yolen, Ed., Philomel.

"Ahem," forthcoming in RIBBITING TALES, Philomel.

"I Believe?" in SECOND SIGHT: STORIES FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM, Philomel, 1999

"The Boy Who Called God She," in I BELIEVE IN WATER, Marilyn Singer, Ed., Morrow, forthcoming

Contact Information:

nancyspringer@blazenet.net

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