Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born January 2, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, and teacher. He is a World Fantasy Award winner, has been nominated for the Hugo Award eight times, and is a Senior Editor and the Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books. The former Patrick Hayden changed his last name to "Nielsen Hayden" on his marriage to Teresa Nielsen (now Teresa Nielsen Hayden) in 1979.

Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Before moving to the New York area in the 1980s to break into publishing, he previously lived in Seattle, where he did some of his most productive fanzine publishing. Like Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, Terry Carr, and David G. Hartwell, he was active in science fiction fandom before he entered professional publishing.

After moving to New York, he worked at Literary Guild as an editorial assistant, then at Chelsea House as an associate editor. He joined Tor books in the mid-1980s as an assistant and her worked there ever since. He is also a writer, teacher, and musician. He plays guitar and sings on occasion for the New York rock band Whisperado. He currently lives in Brooklyn.

Hugo Award nominations

• 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor
• 1989 co-nominee for Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for The New York Review of Science Fiction
• 1986, 1987 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
• 1984 co-nominee, with Teresa Nielsen Hayden, for Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for Izzard

Fanzine Editor, Small Press Publisher & Magazine Editor

He has worked on a number of science fiction fanzines over the years, including Twibbet, Thangorodrim, Tweek, Ecce Fanno, Telos, Zed, Flash Point, and Izzard.

• Though their small press, Ansatz Press, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden published Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions (1988) by Samuel R. Delany.
• From 1982 to 1987, he edited and published the fanzine Izzard with his wife Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
• From 1985 to 1989, he served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine, along with David G. Hartwell, Samuel R. Delany, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Kathryn Cramer, & Susan Palwick.
• In 1989, he was one of the founding editors of The New York Review of Science Fiction, for which he did the basic design still in use today. He left the magazine after several issues.

His entry in Who's Who in SF Fandom has a much more detailed list of his fanzine publications.

Blogger

He wrote the blog Electrolite until it was incorporated into his wife's blog Making Light in May 2005, where he now writes along with her and with Viable Paradise co-teacher James D. Macdonald.

Anthologies

• Alternate Skiffy (Wildside Press, 1997) with Mike Resnick (ISBN 1-880448-54-8)
• New Skies (Tor, 2003)
• New Magics: An Anthology of Today's Fantasy (Tor, 2004)
• The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens : First Annual Collection (Tor, 2005) with Jane Yolen

Starlight series: He edited the original science fiction & fantasy anthology series Starlight; the first volume won a World Fantasy Award in 1997.

• Starlight 1 (Tor, 1996)
• Starlight 2 (Tor, 1998)
• Starlight 3 (Tor, 2001)

Short Fiction

• "Binding" in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, 1992, ed. Resnick & Greenberg.
• "Sincerity" in More Whatdunits, 1993, ed. Mike Resnick.
• "Return" in Xanadu, 1993, ed. Jane Yolen (also available online).

Essays and Reviews

He has published a number of essays and reviews, many of which are listed in his ISFDB bibliography. He has contributed to a number of books and magazines, including The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Map: Rediscovering Rock and Roll.

Teaching

He is one of the regular instructors at Viable Paradise, a science fiction writing workshop held on Martha's Vinyard.

External links

• Who's Who in SF Fandom: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Official website
• Biography
• Spring 2001 Interview by Darrell Schweitzer