American Terri Farley is an American writer of predominantly

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

and

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

. 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 Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively ...

magazine articles. Farley wrote the adult-oriented romance series ''Magical Love'' and ''Haunting Hearts'' under the

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

Tess Farraday.

Biography

Farley grew up in

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...

and lives in the foothills of the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

, 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. She received the Silver Pen Award from the University of Nevada in 2010 and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in November 2017. 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, published by

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company ( ; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Financial District, Boston, Boston Financial District. It was fo ...

, was selected as a Junior Literary Guild Selection 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 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

, and a finalist for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction by the

Western Writers of America Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional Western fiction Western fiction is a genre of literature set in th ...

She is a founding member of the

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization that acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers ...

' mentor program. Her ''Phantom Stallion'' series has sold more than one million copies. ''Seven Tears into the Sea'' 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

# ''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

Written under the name Tess Farraday. # ''Sea Spell'' # ''Blue Rain''

Haunting Hearts series

Written under the name Tess Farraday. # ''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

External links

Official websiteTerri Farley
at

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farley, Terri Novelists from Nevada Living people San Jose State University alumni University of Nevada, Reno alumni American women novelists American writers of young adult literature American women writers of young adult literature 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers People from Washoe County, Nevada Year of birth missing (living people)