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| Patrick Nielsen Hayden | |
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 Patrick Nielsen Hayden in 2006 | |
| Born | (1959-01-02) January 2, 1959 (age 65) Lansing, Michigan |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Nationality | United States  |
| Genre | non-fiction (writer); science fiction, fantasy (editor) |
| Website | |
| http://www.nielsenhayden.com | |
Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born Patrick James Hayden January 2, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), often abbreviated as PNH, is an American science fiction editor, fan, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, teacher and blogger. He is a World Fantasy Award winner, has been nominated for the Hugo Award eight times, and is a Senior Editor and the Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books. He changed his last name to "Nielsen Hayden" on his marriage to Teresa Nielsen (now Teresa Nielsen Hayden) in 1979.
Career
Before moving to the New York area in the 1980s to break into publishing, he previously lived in Seattle, where he did some of his most productive fanzine publishing. Like Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, Terry Carr, and David G. Hartwell, he was active in science fiction fandom before he entered professional publishing.
After moving to New York, he worked at Literary Guild as an editorial assistant, then at Chelsea House as an associate editor. He joined Tor Books in the mid-1980s as an assistant and has worked there ever since. He is also a writer, teacher, and musician. He plays guitar and sings on occasion for the New York rock band Whisperado. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
He has published a number of essays and reviews. He has contributed to a number of books and magazines, including The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition, 1993) and The Map: Rediscovering Rock and Roll.
He is one of the regular instructors at Viable Paradise, a science fiction writing workshop held on Martha's Vineyard, and has also taught at both U.S. Clarion Workshops.
He wrote the blog Electrolite from July 2000 until it was incorporated into his wife's blog Making Light in May 2005, where he now writes along with her, with Viable Paradise co-teacher, SF writer James D. Macdonald and SF fan Avram Grumer. He supports liberal issues, is critical of George W. Bush's administration and the Iraq War, and has repeatedly criticised Misplaced Pages's model of operation: "I've joked that Misplaced Pages's tagline ought to be 'The online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, so long as they're willing to devote hundreds of hours of energy to fighting people with autistically long attention spans.'"
Hugo Award nominations
- 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor; 2007 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form
- 1989 co-nominee for Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for The New York Review of Science Fiction
- 1986, 1987 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
- 1984 co-nominee, with Teresa Nielsen Hayden, for Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for Izzard
Fanzine Editor, Small Press Publisher & Magazine Editor
He has worked on a number of science fiction fanzines over the years, including Twibbet, Thangorodrim, Tweek, Ecce Fanno, Telos, Zed, Flash Point.
- Though their small press, Ansatz Press, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden published Samuel R. Delany's Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions
- From 1982 to 1987, he edited and published the fanzine Izzard with his wife Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
- From 1985 to 1989, he served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine, along with David G. Hartwell, Samuel R. Delany, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Kathryn Cramer, and Susan Palwick.
- In 1988, he was one of the founding editors of The New York Review of Science Fiction, for which he did the basic design still in use today. He left the magazine after several issues.
His entry in "Who's Who in SF Fandom" has a much more detailed list of his fanzine publications.
Anthologies
- Alternate Skiffy (Wildside Press, 1997) with Mike Resnick (ISBN 1-880448-54-8)
- New Skies (Tor, 2003)
- New Magics: An Anthology of Today's Fantasy (Tor, 2004)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection (Tor, 2005) with Jane Yolen
Starlight series: He edited the original science fiction & fantasy anthology series Starlight; the first volume won a World Fantasy Award in 1997.
- Starlight 1 (Tor, 1996)
- Starlight 2 (Tor, 1998)
- Starlight 3 (Tor, 2001)
Short Fiction
- "Binding" in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, 1992, ed. Resnick & Greenberg.
- "Sincerity" in More Whatdunits, 1993, ed. Mike Resnick.
- "Return" in Xanadu, 1993, ed. Jane Yolen (also available online).
References
- Comment at John Scalzi's weblog post complaining the edit war about sourcing the death date for Fred Saberhagen's entry
- Samuel R. Delany (1988). Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions.
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "NIELSEN HAYDEN, Patrick (James) (1959- )". Who's Who in SF Fandom.
External links
- http://www.nielsenhayden.com – Official website
- Spring 2001 Interview by Darrell Schweitzer
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database