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Nancy Springer

(b.1948)

Nancy Springer is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, including the Books of Isle fantasy series, the Enola Holmes mystery series and a plethora of magical realism, women’s fiction, contemporary young adult and other titles. She received the James Tiptree Jr. Award for Larque on the Wing, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for her juvenile mysteries Toughing It and Looking for Jamie Bridger, and has been a frequent nominee for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards. She currently lives in the Florida Panhandle, where she rescues feral cats and enjoys the vibrant wildlife of the wetlands.

Genres: Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

Series

Book of the Isle
   1. The White Hart (1979)
   2. The Book of Suns (1977)
     aka The Silver Sun
   3. The Sable Moon (1981)
   4. The Black Beast (1982)
   5. The Golden Swan (1983)

Sea King
   1. Madbond (1987)
   2. Mindbond (1987)
   3. Godbond (1988)
   Sea King Trilogy (2018)

Tale of Camelot
1. I Am Mordred (1998)
2. I Am Morgan le Fay (2001)

Rowan Hood
   1. Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (2001)
   2. Lionclaw (2002)
   3. Outlaw Princess of Sherwood (2003)
   4. Wild Boy (2004)
   5. Rowan Hood Returns (2005)

Enola Holmes
   1. The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006)
   2. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (2007)
   3. The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (2008)
   4. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (2008)
   5. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (2009)
   6. The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (2010)
     aka The Case of the Disappearing Duchess
   6.5. Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons (2021)
   7. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (2021)
   8. Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (2022)

Literary World of Nancy Springer
   1. The Third Silence (2012)
   2. Alpha Alpha Gamma (2012)
   3. Ruth (2012)
   4. The Most Mauve There Is (2013)

Mystery World of Nancy Springer
   1. American Curls (2012)
   2. #20 (2012)
   3. Framed (2012)
   4. Silent End (2012)
   5. Juggernaut (2012)

Fantasy World of Nancy Springer
   1. The Boy Who Plaited Manes (2012)
   2. The Scent of an Angel (2012)
   3. Dreamfisher (2012)
   4. The Boy Who Called God 'She' (2012)
   5. Iris (2012)
   6. Mariposa (2013)
   7. Rumple What? (2013)
   8. We Don't Know Why (2013)
   9. The Youngest One (2013)
   10. The Kingmaker (2013)

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)
   Red Wizard (1989)
   They're All Named Wildfire (1989)
   Apocalypse (1989)
   Colt (1991)
   Damnbanna (1992)
   The Friendship Song (1992)
   The Great Pony Hassle (1993)
   The Blind God is Watching (1994)
   Larque on the Wing (1994)
   The Boy on a Black Horse (1994)
   Metal Angel (1994)
   Toughing It (1994)
   Looking for Jamie Bridger (1995)
   Fair Peril (1996)
   Secret Star (1997)
   Sky Rider (1999)
   Plumage (2000)
   Needy Creek (2001)
   Separate Sisters (2001)
   Blood Trail (2003)
   Dusssie (2007)
   Somebody (2009)
   Possessing Jessie (2010)
   My Sister's Stalker (2012)
   Dark Lie (2012)
   Drawn Into Darkness (2013)
   GrandGhost (2018)
   The Oddling Prince (2018)

Omnibus

Under the Wheel (1987) (with Gregory Benford and John M Ford)

Collections

   Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (1985)
   Stardark Songs (1993)
   Music of Their Hooves (poems) (1994)
   Eccentric Symmetries (2016)
   Three Tiptree Award - Winning Novels (2018) (with Eleanor Arnason and Elizabeth Hand)

Novellas

Vend U. (2013)
The Present (2014)

Series contributed to

Paul Di Filippo Presents
The Queen's Broidery Woman (2021)

Anthologies edited

Prom Night (1999) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Ribbiting Tales (2000)

Anthologies containing stories by Nancy Springer

Short stories

	The Way Your Life Is
	Amends, A Tale of the Sun Kings (1983)
	The Boy Who Plaited Manes (1986)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) World Fantasy (nominee)
	In Carnation (1990)
	Snickerdoodles (1990)
	To Be a Hero (1991)
	Whoops! (1995)
	Concrete Example (1996)
	Elvis Lives (1997)
	Hexefus (1997)
	The Time of Her Lif (1998)
	Gilly the Goose Girl (1999)
	Dreamfisher (2000)
	Know Your True Enemy (2000)
	Martial (2000)

Awards

	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1982) : The Sable Moon
	Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1987) : The Boy Who Plaited Manes
	Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1987) : The Boy Who Plaited Manes
	World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1987) : The Boy Who Plaited Manes
	James Tiptree, Jr. Award Best Book winner (1994) : Larque on the Wing
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1997) : Fair Peril
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2008) : Dusssie

Nancy Springer recommends

Murder Most Unladylike (2014)
(Wells and Wong Mystery / Murder Most Unladylike Mystery, book 1)
Robin Stevens
"Murder Is Bad Manners lured me in with a charming British voice, and then, just as I started to get cozy, snap! I was trapped in a serious mystery problem. Robin Stevens develops her girl detectives with a light, deft touch and delivers denouement with a flourish."

The Emerald Circus (2017)
Jane Yolen
"Talk about imaginary gardens with real toads in them! In this wide-ranging short story collection, Jane Yolen’s scholarship and creative genius combine to bestow upon the reader fantastic new intimacy with venerable tales and persons."

Forging a Nightmare (2021)
Patricia A Jackson
"Just about anyone can get published and call themself a writer, but Patty Jackson is that much rarer and finer thing, a true writer, master of her craft. In Forging a Nightmare she has created a brilliantly plotted, hard-hitting fantasy deeply rooted in the mythos of the human, the divine, the angelic and the equine."

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