Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born March 21, 1956) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and workshop instructor.<ref name="vp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is a consulting editor for Tor Books<ref name="vp" /><ref name="sfe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nielsen Hayden has been nominated for Hugo Awards five times.<ref name="h1984"/><ref name="h1989"/><ref name="h1991"/><ref name="h1995"/>

Early life

Born Teresa Nielsen, she grew up in a Mormon household in Mesa, Arizona.<ref name=GodAndI>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

From 1985 to 1989, she served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine.<ref name="locusonline">Template:Cite journal Excerpt including relevant biographical information at {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She is a former managing editor and a former consulting editor at Tor Books.<ref name="vp"/><ref name="sfe"/><ref name="locusonline"/> In 1994, a collection of her essays, Making Book (Template:ISBN), was published by NESFA Press. It is now in its third printing. The second printing is the preferred edition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She is also one of the regular instructors for the writing workshop Viable Paradise.<ref name="vp"/>

Nielsen Hayden is well known for her weblog, Making Light, where she writes about subjects such as animal hoarding, publishing scams, astroturfing,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name="h1984"/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1980 for her support of the Equal Rights Amendment.<ref name=GodAndI/> In her youth, she served as a page in the Arizona House of Representatives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Nielsen Hayden has narcolepsy,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for which she had been taking pemoline until the Food and Drug Administration withdrew the drug from the marketplace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>UPDATE 2-Abbott's discontinued ADHD drug too risky-US FDA Template:Webarchive, Reuters, Oct 24, 2005</ref><ref>FDA withdraws approval for ADHD drug, Associated Press, 10/24/05.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In September 2008 she had what appeared to be a heart attack; paramedics were summoned immediately, and she made a full recovery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hugo Award nominations

• 1995 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book for Making Book<ref name="h1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1991 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer<ref name="h1991">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1989 co-nominee for Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for The New York Review of Science Fiction<ref name="h1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1984 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer<ref name="h1984">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1984 co-nominee, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden, for Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for Izzard<ref name="h1984" />

Books edited

• Poul Anderson: Alight in the Void Template:Citation needed
• Steven Brust: Dragon,<ref name="Dragon">Template:Cite book</ref> Issola,<ref name="Issola">Template:Cite book</ref> Dzur,<ref name="Dzur">Template:Cite book</ref> The Paths of the Dead,<ref name="The Paths of the Dead">Template:Cite book</ref> The Lord of Castle Black,<ref name="The Lord of Castle Black">Template:Cite book</ref> Sethra Lavode,<ref name="Sethra Lavode">Template:Cite book</ref> Jhegaala,<ref name="Jhegaala">Template:Cite book</ref> Iorich,<ref name="Iorich">Template:Cite book</ref> Tiassa,<ref name="Tiassa">Template:Cite book</ref> The Incrementalists,<ref name="The Incrementalists">Template:Cite book</ref> Hawk <ref name="Hawk">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Avram Davidson: The Avram Davidson Treasury (Locus poll winner, Best Collection, 1999)<ref name="The Avram Davidson Treasury">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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)<ref name="locusonline"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• John M. Ford: The Last Hot Time<ref name="The Last Hot Time">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Shariann Lewitt: Memento Mori, Interface Masque, Rebel Sutra Template:Citation needed
• Jane Lindskold: The Buried Pyramid,<ref name="The Buried Pyramid">Template:Cite book</ref> Child of a Rainless Year,<ref name="Child of a Rainless Year">Template:Cite book</ref> Through Wolf's Eyes,<ref name="Through Wolf's Eyes">Template:Cite book</ref> Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart, The Dragon of Despair,<ref name="The Dragon of Despair">Template:Cite book</ref> Wolf Captured,<ref name="Wolf Captured">Template:Cite book</ref> Wolf Hunting,<ref name="Wolf Hunting">Template:Cite book</ref> Wolf's Blood<ref name="Wolf's Blood">Template:Cite book</ref>
• James D. Macdonald and Debra Doyle: The Stars Asunder<ref name="The Stars Asunder">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Terry McGarry: The Binder's Road,<ref name="The Binder's Road">Template:Cite book</ref> Triad<ref name="Triad">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Douglas Morgan: Tiger Cruise Template:Citation needed
• Harry Turtledove: Conan of Venarium,<ref name="Conan of Venarium">Template:Cite book</ref> The Breath of God<ref name="The Breath of God">Template:Cite book</ref>
• James White: The Galactic Gourmet, Mind Changer,<ref name="Mind Changer">Template:Cite book</ref> Final Diagnosis,<ref name="Final Diagnosis">Template:Cite book</ref> Double Contact<ref name="Double Contact">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Charles Vess: The Book of Ballads<ref name="The Book of Ballads">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Robert Charles Wilson: Darwinia (Prix Aurora Award winner, 1999),<ref name="Darwinia">Template:Cite book</ref> Blind Lake (Prix Aurora Award winner, 2004),<ref name="Blind Lake">Template:Cite book</ref> Spin (Hugo Award winner, 2006),<ref name="Spin">Template:Cite book</ref> Axis,<ref name="Axis">Template:Cite book</ref> Julian Comstock,<ref name="Julian Comstock">Template:Cite book</ref> Vortex,<ref name="Vortex">Template:Cite book</ref> Burning Paradise<ref name="Burning Paradise">Template:Cite book</ref>

Bibliography

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External links

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• Making LightTemplate:Dead link, weblog
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