Terri Farley

American author Terri Farley (born May 10, 1950) is the author of Seven Tears into the Sea, and the The Phantom Stallion series for young readers and many nonfiction magazine articles.

Farley lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains with her journalist and KJFK 1230 AM radio talk show host husband Cory, two children, and pets, but still longs for the California beaches where she grew up. She's worked as a waitress, journalist, school teacher and now writes books full-time.

Education and career

Terri Farley has taught high school, middle school and college freshman English for much of her life. At San José State University, she earned a B.A. and Secondary teaching credential in English, then completed a Master's degree in Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has taught remedial reading in an inner-city school in Los Angeles, International Baccalaureate English in Reno, Nevada, and almost everything in between, including a semester helping lawyers write. She holds memberships in the National Council of Teachers of English, International Reading Association and the National Education Association. She has been writing since she was a child and wrote her first book, Pagan: The Wild Pinto Stallion, when she was eight years old on an old typewriter given to her by her grandmother.

List of Books

The Phantom Stallion

1. The Wild One
2. Mustang Moon
3. Dark Sunshine
4. The Renegade
5. Free Again
6. The Challenger
7. Desert Dancer
8. Golden Ghost
9. Gift Horse
10. Red Feather Filly
11. Untamed
12. Rain Dance
13. Heartbreak Bronco
14. Moonrise
15. Kidnapped Colt
16. The Wildest Heart
17. Mountain Mare
18. Firefly
19. Secret Star
20. Blue Wings
21. Dawn Runner
22. Wild Honey
23. Gypsy Gold
24. Run Away Home

Phantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island

Farley has recently announced that she has signed a 16 book contract and released several titles for upcoming books.

1. The Horse Charmer (May 22, 2007)
2. The Shining Stallion (August 21, 2007)
3. Rain Forest Rose (November 2007)
4. Castaway Colt (January 2008)
5. Fire Maiden (March 2008)
6. Sea Shadow (May 2008)
7. Mist Walker (July 2008)
8. Water Lilly (September 2008)
9. Snowfire (October 20, 2008)
10. Faraway Filly (December 23, 2008)
11. Galloping Gold (March 2009) last book in series

Magical Love

1. Sea Spell
2. Blue Rain

Haunting Hearts

1. Shadows in the Flame
2. Snow in Summer

Other

• Seven Tears into the Sea
• Tumbleweed Heart
• Star of Wonder also by Jo Beverley, Alice Alfonsi, and Kate Freiman

Trivia

• Terri Farley has also written under the pen name, Tess Farraday.

• Farley lives with her husband Cory. Her two children have reached adult-hood and have pursued their own lives. Her husband is a journalist and radio talk show host on KJFK AM 1230 Reno, Nevada. The station website is www.1230kjfk.com.

• Farley has said that her daughter proofreads her stories and drew a map for her new series, Wild Horse Island.

• Terri does not own horses, but a neighbor owns three horses. Recently, two of Farley's dogs died. She still owns a dog named Zito and a gray cat named Sherlock.

Against the Bureau of Land Management

Terri Farley has also filed and lost a lawsuit against the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) for holding secret round-ups. Farley was against BLM's decision to reduce the population, or terminate, mustangs on public lands. She claimed they were violating the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which states, briefly: to require the protection, management, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public land. It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands. BLM has been rounding up mustangs and has been sued again by many people, most from the western side of the United states.

External links

• Official website
• Terri Farley at Harper Collins