Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Patrick Nielsen Hayden is a senior editor, and the manager of the SF and fantasy lines, at Tor Books, where he has worked with authors ranging from Arthur C. Clarke, David Weber, and Terry Goodkind to Emma Bull, Ken MacLeod, and Charles de Lint.  He has been responsible for publishing the first novels of many notable writers, including Maureen F. McHugh, Susan Palwick, Jonathan Lethem, Cory Doctorow, Jo Walton, and John Scalzi.  He is a nine-time Hugo finalist and a winner of the World Fantasy Award.  With his wife, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, he co-edited the Hugo-nominated fanzine Izzard, won TAFF in 1985, and helped found the New York Review of Science Fiction; today, the Nielsen Haydens are among the regular instructors at the Viable Paradise writers' workshop, and co-write the weblog Making Light.  Together, in 2003, they were awarded the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award (the "Skylark"), for service to the field.  In the rest of his life, Patrick teaches at other workshops, edits the occasional anthology, and plays lead guitar for the New York City band Whisperado.

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