Nancy Springer

Nancy Connor Springer (born 1948 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction.^[1] Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award.^[2] She also received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America^[3] for her novels Toughing It and Looking for Jamie Bridger, in addition to receiving the Carolyn W. Field award for I am Mordred. A prolific author, she has written more than fifty books over a career that has spanned nearly four decades.

Works

Series

Book of the Isle

The White Hart (1979)
The Book of Suns (1977) expanded as The Silver Sun (1980)
The Sable Moon (1981)
The Black Beast (1982)
The Golden Swan (1983)

Sea King

Madbond (1987)
Mindbond (1987)
Godbond (1988)

Tales of Rowan Hood

Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (2001)
Lionclaw (2002)
Outlaw Princess of Sherwood (2003)
Wild Boy (2004)
Rowan Hood Returns (2005)

The Enola Holmes Mysteries

The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006)
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (2007)
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (2008)
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (2008)
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (2009)
The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (2010)

Other novels

Wings of Flame (1985)
Chains of Gold (1986)
A Horse to Love (1987)
The Hex Witch of Seldom (1988)
Not on a White Horse (1988)
Apocalypse (1989)
They're All Named Wildfire (1989)
Red Wizard (1990)
Colt (1991)
Damnbanna (1992)
The Friendship Song (1992)
The Great Pony Hassle (1993)
Toughing It (1994)
The Blind God is Watching (1994)
Larque on the Wing (1994)
The Boy on a Black Horse (1994)
Metal Angel (1994)
Looking for Jamie Bridger (1996)
Fair Peril (1996)
Secret Star (1997)
I Am Mordred (1998)
Sky Rider (1999)
Plumage (2000)
Separate Sisters (2001)
I am Morgan le Fay (2001)
Needy Creek (2001)
Blood Trail (2003)
Dusssie (2007)

Collections

Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (1985)
Stardark Songs (1993)

Awards and nominations

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1982): The Sable Moon^[4]
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"^[5]
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"^[6]
Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"
Tiptree Award (1995): Larque on the Wing^[2]
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery (1995): Toughing It^[3]
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery (1996): Looking for Jamie Bridger^[3]
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1997): Fair Peril^[4]
Carolyn W. Field Award (1999): I am Mordred^[7]
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery nominee (2007): The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery^[3]
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery nominee (2010): The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery^[3]

References

↑ Davis, Stephen M. "The SF Site Featured Review: I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot". SF Site. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
1 2 "Previous Awards—James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database". TheEdgars.com. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
1 2 "Mythopoeic Awards – Fantasy". Mythopoeic Society. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
↑ "World Fantasy Awards -- Complete Listing". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
↑ "1987 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
↑ "Carolyn W. Field Award". Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

External links

James Tiptree Jr. Award Winners

Retrospective Winners	Motherlines and Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin The Female Man and "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ

1991–2000	A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason (1991, tie) White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (1991, tie) China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (1992) Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1993) "The Matter of Seggri" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1994, tie) Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer (1994, tie) Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (1995, tie) The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak (1995, tie) "Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1996, tie) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996, tie) Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey (1997, tie) "Travels With The Snow Queen" by Kelly Link (1997, tie) "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" by Raphael Carter (1998) The Conqueror's Child by Suzy McKee Charnas (1999) Wild Life by Molly Gloss (2000)

2001–present	The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto (2001) Light by M. John Harrison (2002, tie) "Stories for Men" by John Kessel (2002, tie) Set This House In Order: A Romance Of Souls by Matt Ruff (2003) Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2004, tie) Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo (2004, tie) Air by Geoff Ryman (2005) The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (2006, tie) Half Life by Shelley Jackson (2006, tie) James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (2006, special recognition) The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall (2007) The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008, tie) Filter House by Nisi Shawl (2008, tie) Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales by Greer Gilman (2009, tie) Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga (2009, tie) Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić (2010) Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston (2011) The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2012, tie) Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam (2012, tie) Rupetta by N. A. Sulway (2013) The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (2014, tie) My Real Children by Jo Walton (2014, tie)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 41907010 LCCN: n85809050 ISNI: 0000 0000 7832 4698 SUDOC: 14529580X BNF: cb12308141r (data) NDL: 00457377

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