Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and
anthologist
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. She is a winner of the
World Fantasy Award
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and the
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
(
Horror Writers Association
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Overview
HWA was formed in 1985 with t ...
).
Career
Datlow began her career working for
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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for three years, as well as doing a stint at
Crown Publishing Group
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.
She went on to be fiction editor at
''Omni'' magazine and ''Omni Online'' from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated ''Omni'' anthologies. She co-edited the ''
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
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'' series from 1988 to 2008 (with
Terri Windling
Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram S ...
until 2003, later with
Gavin Grant and
Kelly Link
Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of sci ...
until the series ended).
She was also editor of the webzine ''Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror'' from 1998 to 1999, as well as ''
Sci Fiction
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History ...
'' until it ceased publication on December 28, 2005.
Datlow has edited the anthologies ''
Nebula Awards Showcase 2009'', ''
Darkness: Two Decades of Horror'' (2010), ''
Hauntings
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Ar ...
'' (2013), ''Queen Victoria's Book of Spells'' (with Terri Windling,
Tor Books
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, 2013), ''
Lovecraft's Monsters'' (2014), ''The Cutting Room'' (2014), ''The Monstrous'' (2015), ''Nightmares'' (
Tachyon Publications
Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies ...
, 2016), ''The Doll Collection'' (2016), ''Mad Hatters and March Hares'' (2017), ''The Devil and the Deep'' (2018), and ''When Things Get Dark'' (2021).
She now edits ''
'', published by
Night Shade Books
Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel '' ...
. This is an annual compendium of selected horror fiction and poetry published in the previous year. It has included work by notable writers including
Laird Barron
Laird Samuel Barron (born 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the managing editor of the online literary magazine '' Melic Review''. He lives in Ups ...
,
Stephen Graham Jones
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,
Michael Marshall Smith
Michael Paul Marshall Smith (born 3 May 1965) is an English novelist, screenwriter and short story writer who also writes as Michael Marshall, M. M. Smith and Michael Rutger.
Biography
Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Smith moved with his family a ...
,
Joe R. Lansdale, and
Nicholas Royle
Nicholas Royle (born 20 March 1963 in Manchester) is an English novelist, editor, publisher, literary reviewer and creative writing lecturer.
Literary career
Author
Royle has written seven novels: ''Counterparts'', ''Saxophone Dreams'', ''The Mat ...
.
Awards and recognition
Datlow won the
Hugo Award for
Best Professional Editor in 2002 and 2005, and the Hugo for Best Short Form Editor in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017. Her editing work has also been recognized with five
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
s, ten
World Fantasy Award
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s, two International Horror Guild Awards for Best Anthology, three
Shirley Jackson Award
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s for Best Anthology, and twelve Locus Awards for Best Editor. She was named recipient of the 2007
Karl Edward Wagner
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Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention, for "outstanding contribution to the genre". In 2011, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark fantasy writers.
Overview
HWA was formed in 1985 with t ...
. She is a longtime trustee of the Horror Writers Association and has been a co-host of the Fantastic Fiction reading series at the
KGB Bar since 2000.
Selected list of awards
* 1989
World Fantasy Award
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for Best Anthology, ''The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection'' (with Terri Windling)
* 1990 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection'' (with Terri Windling)
* 1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection'' (with Terri Windling)
* 1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''Little Deaths''
* 1995 World Fantasy Special Award, professional
* 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''Silver Birch, Blood Moon'' (with Terri Windling)
* 2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''The Green Man'' (with Terri Windling)
* 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''Salon Fantastique'' (with Terri Windling)
* 2008 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, ''Inferno''
* 2010
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
for Lifetime Achievement
* 2014 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
* 2020
Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form
* 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, ''Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories''
References
External links
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*
Ellen Datlowat The ''
Locus
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Entertainment
* Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
* ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
** ''Locus Award' ...
'' Index to Science Fiction Awards
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1949 births
Living people
American book editors
American online publication editors
American speculative fiction editors
Hugo Award-winning editors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Science fiction editors
University at Albany, SUNY alumni
American women editors
Women anthologists
Women print editors
Women speculative fiction editors