Terri Farley Explained
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
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
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.[1]
- Sea Spell
- Blue Rain
Haunting Hearts series
Written under the name Tess Farraday.[1]
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Ginger ~ Pages from Wonderland asked Terri Farley . 2015 . goodreads.com . Goodreads, Inc. . 10 December 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210104231/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/466555-on-several-websites-naming-all-your-books . 2023-12-10 . 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 . 2006 . 20 June 2019 . Gale.
- Web site: Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. University of Nevada, Reno. 30 November 2017.
- Web site: Nevada Writers Hall of Fame 2017. University of Nevada, Reno. 30 November 2017.
- Peters . J . Wild at Heart: Mustangs and the Young People Fighting to Save Them . School Library Journal . 2015 . 61 . 6 . 139–142 . 20 June 2019.
- Web site: Wild at Heart . Junior Literary Guild . JLG . 20 June 2019.
- Web site: Award Winners . Western Writers of America . 12 May 2012 . 20 June 2019.
- Author Terri Farley to lecture on great basin mustangs. (2014, Mar 14). Reno Gazette-Journal
- Web site: Terri Farley author page . HarperCollins . 20 June 2019.
