Nancy Farmer is an American author of

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and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and won the U.S.

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The House of the Scorpion ''The House of the Scorpion'' is a 2002 science fiction young adult novel by Nancy Farmer. It is set in the future and mostly takes place in Opium, a country which separates Aztlán (formerly Mexico) and the United States. The main character Matteo ...

'', published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002.

Biography

Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her B.A. at Reed College (1963) and later studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.#web, Farmer
"Bio"
(no date). She enlisted in the Peace Corps (1963–1965), and subsequently worked in Mozambique and Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), where she studied biological methods of controlling the tsetse fly between 1975–1978. She met her future husband, Harold Farmer, at the University of Rhodesia (now the University of Zimbabwe). They married after a week-long courtship. As of 2010, Farmer lives in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains with her husband. They have one son, Daniel.#web, Farmer
"Moving"
(June 17, 2010).

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Lorelei: The Story of a Bad Cat'' (Harare, Zimbabwe: College Press, 1987) * ''The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm'' (College Press, 1989)"The eye, the ear, and the arm"
(1989 printing). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-11-23. Catalog records show ''The Eye ...'', 1989, 160 pages; ''The Ear ...'', 1994, 311 pages. * ''Tapiwa's Uncle'' (College Press, 1993) * ''Do You Know Me'', illustrated by Shelley Jackson (Orchard Books, 1993) * ''The Ear, the Eye and the Arm'' (Orchard, 1994) * ''The Warm Place'' (Orchard, 1995) * ''A Girl Named Disaster'' (Orchard, 1996) * ''

'' (Atheneum Books, 2002) * ''A New Year's Tale'' (2013) – paperback and e-book for adults#web, Farmer
"Home"
(2013). * ''The Lord of Opium'' (2013) – sequel to ''The House of the Scorpion''

The Sea of Trolls trilogy

* ''The Sea of Trolls'' (Atheneum, 2004) * ''The Land of the Silver Apples'' (Atheneum, 2007) * ''The Islands of the Blessed'' (Atheneum, 2009)

Picture books

* ''Runnery Granary'', illus. Joseph A. Smith (artist), Jos. A. Smith (Greenwillow Books, 1996) – A Mystery Must Be Solved—Or the Grain is Lost! * ''Casey Jones's Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb'', illus. James Bernardin (New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1999) * ''Clever Ali'', illus. Gail De Marcken (Orchard, 2006)

Short stories

* "The Mirror", ''L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV'' (1988), pp. 35–65 – collection of twelve 1987 finalists; "The Mirror" won the grand prize * "Tapiwa's Uncle", ''Cricket (magazine), Cricket'' (February 1992) * "Origami Mountain", ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection'' (1992) * "Falada: the Goose Girl's Horse", ''A Wolf At the Door'', eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (2000) * "Remember Me", ''Firebirds (anthology), Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ed. Sharyn November (2003) * "Bella's Birthday Present", ''Can You Keep a Secret'', ed. Lois Metzger (2007) * "The Mole Cure", ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (August 2007) * "Ticket to Ride", ''Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction'', ed. Sharyn November (2008) * "Castle Othello", ''Troll's Eye View'', eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (2009)

Awards

"The Mirror" (1987) * 1988, Writers of the Future Grand Prize ''The Ear, the Eye and the Arm'' (1994) * 1995 Newbery Honor Book (a Newbery Medal runner-up)"Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present"
Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).

"The John Newbery Medal"
ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2012-04-15. * 1995, Hal Clement Award (Golden Duck Award, Young Adult) ''A Girl Named Disaster'' (1996) *1996, National Book Award (U.S.) finalist, Young People's Literature"National Book Awards – 1996"
NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-26. *1997, Newbery Honor ''The House of the Scorpion'' (2002) *2002,

"National Book Awards – 2002"
National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-01-26.
(With acceptance speech by Farmer and introduction by panelist Han Nolan, who remarked: "this year perhaps more than any other year obliterated any boundaries left between the young adult and adult novel.") *2003, Newbery Honor *2003, Buxtehuder Bulle (Germany) *2003, Michael L. Printz Award, Printz Honor ''The Land of the Silver Apples'' (2007) * 2007, Emperor Norton in popular culture#Literature, Emperor Norton Award ("extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason")

References

* Farmer. ''Nancy Farmer's official home page'' (nancyfarmerwebsite.com). 2008–present. Retrieved 2013-11-23.

External links

*
Excerpts from a ''Locus'' magazine interview with Nancy Farmer
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Nancy 1941 births 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American women writers American children's writers American fantasy writers American science fiction writers American women children's writers American women novelists American women short story writers Living people National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners Newbery Honor winners Novelists from Arizona Reed College alumni Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers of young adult science fiction