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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]
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.
Written under the name Tess Farraday. [1]
Written under the name Tess Farraday. [1]
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.