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American Terri Farley is an American writer of predominantly children's literature and young adult fiction. 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.
Farley wrote the adult-oriented romance series Magical Love and Haunting Hearts under the pen name Tess Farraday.[1]
Biography
[edit]Farley grew up in Southern California and lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Verdi, Nevada, with her husband Cory, a journalist and former KSGG 1230 AM radio talk show host, and her pets. She has previously worked as a waitress, journalist, teacher of remedial English.[2]
She received the Silver Pen Award from the University of Nevada in 2010[3] and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in November 2017.[4] Her 2015 book Wild at Heart: Mustangs and Young People Fighting to Save Them documenting the plight of wild horses in the North American West,[5] published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was selected as a Junior Literary Guild Selection[6] 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[7]
She is a founding member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' mentor program.[8] Her Phantom Stallion series has sold more than one million copies.[9] Seven Tears into the Sea was nominated for the ALA Best Books for Young Adults Award.
Books
[edit]The Phantom Stallion series
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)
Magical Love series
[edit]Written under the name Tess Farraday.[1]
- Sea Spell
- Blue Rain
Haunting Hearts series
[edit]Written under the name Tess Farraday.[1]
- Shadows in the Flame
- Snow in Summer
Other
[edit]- Seven Tears into the Sea
- Tumbleweed Heart
- Star of Wonder also by Jo Beverley, Alice Alfonsi, and Kate Freiman
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ginger ~ Pages from Wonderland asked Terri Farley". goodreads.com. Goodreads, Inc. 2015. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
You'll probably have an easier time finding copies of my romances if you check out my pen name Tess Farraday -- same initials -- written for more mature readers.
- ^ "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. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Author Terri Farley to lecture on great basin mustangs. (2014, Mar 14). Reno Gazette-Journal
- ^ "Terri Farley author page". HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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