Terri Farley
American Terri Farley is an American writer. She is the best-selling author of Seven Tears into the Sea, The Phantom Stallion series for young readers about the contemporary and historic West and many nonfiction magazine articles.
Biography
Farley grew up in Southern California and lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Verdi, Nevada, with her journalist and former KSGG 1230 AM radio talk show host husband Cory and her pets. She has worked as a waitress, journalist, teacher of remedial English[1] and now writes books full-time. She received the Silver Pen Award from the University of Nevada in 2010[2] and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in November 2017.[3] Her 2015 book Wild at Heart: Mustangs and Young People Fighting to Save Them documenting the plight of wild horses in the West,[4] published by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt, was selected as a Junior Literary Guild Selection[5] as well as winner of the Sterling North Heritage award for Excellence in Children's Literature. It was also recommended by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a finalist for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction by the Western Writers of America [6] She is a founding member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' mentor program.[7] Her Phantom Stallion series has sold more than one million copies.[8] Seven Tears into the Sea, also very popular, was nominated for the ALA Best Books for Young Adults Award.
Books
The Phantom Stallion series
- The Wild One
- Mustang Moon
- Dark Sunshine
- The Renegade
- Free Again
- The Challenger
- Desert Dancer
- Golden Ghost
- Gift Horse
- Red Feather Filly
- Untamed
- Rain Dance
- Heartbreak Bronco
- Moonrise
- Kidnapped Colt
- The Wildest Heart
- Mountain Mare
- Firefly
- Secret Star
- Blue Wings
- Dawn Runner
- Wild Honey
- Gypsy Gold
- Run Away Home
Phantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island series
Farley has recently announced that she has signed a 16-book contract and released several titles for upcoming books.
- The Horse Charmer (May 22, 2007)
- The Shining Stallion (August 21, 2007)
- Rain Forest Rose (November 2007)
- Castaway Colt (January 2008)
- Fire Maiden (March 2008)
- Sea Shadow (May 2008)
- Mist Walker (July 2008)
- Water Lilly (September 2008)
- Snowfire (October 20, 2008)
- Faraway Filly (December 23, 2008)
- Galloping Gold (March 2009) last book in series
Magical Love series
- Sea Spell
- Blue Rain
Haunting Hearts series
- Shadows in the Flame
- Snow in Summer
Other
- Seven Tears into the Sea
- Tumbleweed Heart
- Star of Wonder also by Jo Beverley, Alice Alfonsi, and Kate Freiman
References
- ^ "Terri Farley". Contemporary Authors Online: Literature Resource Center. Gale. 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Nevada Writers Hall of Fame". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Nevada Writers Hall of Fame 2017". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Peters, J (2015). "Wild at Heart: Mustangs and the Young People Fighting to Save Them". School Library Journal. 61 (6): 139–142. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Wild at Heart". Junior Literary Guild. JLG. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Award Winners". Western Writers of America. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Author Terri Farley to lecture on great basin mustangs. (2014, Mar 14). Reno Gazette-Journal
- ^ "Terri Farley author page". Harper Collins. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
External links
- Novelists from Nevada
- Living people
- San Jose State University alumni
- University of Nevada, Reno alumni
- American women novelists
- American writers of young adult literature
- Women writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- People from Washoe County, Nevada