Nancy Springer
Encyclopedia
Nancy Connor Springer is an American author of fantasy
, young adult literature
, mystery, and science fiction
. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award
, and she has also received the Edgar Award
from the Mystery Writers of America
.
Sea King
Rowan Hood
Enola Holmes
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, young adult literature
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
, mystery, and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February of 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.- Background...
, and she has also received the Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
from the Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
.
Series
Book of the Isle- 1. The White HartThe White Hart (novel)The White Hart is the first novel in the five-volume "The Book of the Isle" series by US fantasy author Nancy Springer. It was first published in the United States by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster in 1979. It is set in a land much like pre-Roman Britain. It tells the story of a young...
(1979) - 2. The Book of Suns (1977) expanded as The Silver Sun (1980)
- 3. The Sable Moon (1981)
- 4. The Black Beast (1982)
- 5. The Golden Swan (1983)
Sea King
- 1. Madbond (1987)
- 2. Mindbond (1987)
- 3. Godbond (1988)
Rowan Hood
Tales of Rowan Hood
The Tales of Rowan Hood are a series of books by Nancy Springer. The first book focuses on a young girl who dresses as a boy and goes to join Robin Hood's men, in part because her father is Robin Hood...
- 1. Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (2001)
- 2. Lionclaw (2002)
- 3. Outlaw Princess of Sherwood (2003)
- 4. Wild BoyWild BoyWild Boy is a 1934 British, black-and-white, comedy, caper, crime, drama, sports film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Ronald Shiner as Bit and Bud Flanagan as Dick Smith...
(2004) - 5. Rowan Hood Returns (2005)
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes
The Enola Holmes Mysteries is a series of juvenile detective novels by American author Nancy Springer, starring Enola Holmes, the fictional fourteen-year-old sister of Sherlock Holmes...
- 1. The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006)
- 2. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (2007)
- 3. The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (2008)
- 4. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (2008)
- 5. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (2009)
- 6. The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (2010)
Other novels
- Wings of Flame (1985)
- Chains of Gold (1986)
- A Horse to Love (1987)
- The Hex Witch of Seldom (1988)
- Not on a White Horse (1988)
- Apocalypse (1989)
- They're All Named Wildfire (1989)
- Red Wizard (1990)
- Colt (1991)
- Damnbanna (1992)
- The Friendship Song (1992)
- The Great Pony Hassle (1993)
- Toughing It (1994)
- The Blind God is Watching (1994)
- Larque on the Wing (1994)
- The Boy on a Black Horse (1994)
- Metal Angel (1994)
- Looking for Jamie Bridger (1996)
- Fair Peril (1996)
- Secret Star (1997)
- I Am MordredI am mordredI Am Mordred is a fantasy novel written by Nancy Springer. It was published in 2001.The story starts out with King Arthur placing all newborns born on May 30 on a boat to drown, including his own son, Mordred. After a long, hard, voyage through the cold waters of the ocean, only Mordred survives...
(1998) - Sky Rider (1999)
- Plumage (2000)
- Separate Sisters (2001)
- I am Morgan le Fay (2001)
- Needy Creek (2001)
- Blood Trail (2003)
- Dusssie (2007)
Collections
- Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (1985)
- Stardark Songs (1993)
Anthologies edited
- Prom Night (1999) with Martin H. GreenbergMartin H. GreenbergMartin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
- Ribbiting Tales: Original Stories About Frogs (2000)
Anthologies containing stories by Nancy Springer
- Top Fantasy (1984)
- Catfantastic II (1990)
- A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 (1990)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
- Horses! (1994)
- The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
- Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
- Castle Fantastic (1996)
- Sisters in Fantasy 2 (1996)
- The Fortune Teller (1997)
- More Amazing Stories (1997)
- Tarot Fantastic (1997)
- Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism (1998)
- Twice Upon a Time (1999)
- Civil War Fantastic (2000)
- Perchance to Dream (2000)
- Sherwood (2000)
Short stories
- "Amends, A Tale of the Sun Kings" (1983)
- "The Boy Who Plaited Manes" (1986)
- "In Carnation" (1990)
- "Snickerdoodles" (1990)
- "To Be a Hero" (1991)
- "Whoops!" (1995)
- "Concrete Example" (1996)
- "Elvis Lives" (1997)
- "Hexefus" (1997)
- "The Time of Her Life" (1998)
- "Gilly the Goose Girl" (1999)
- "Dreamfisher" (2000)
- "Know Your True Enemy" (2000)
- "Martial" (2000)
- "The Way Your Life Is"
Awards and nominations
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1982): The Sable Moon
- World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"
- Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"
- Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1987): "The Boy Who Plaited Manes"
- Tiptree Award (1995): Larque on the Wing
- Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery (1995): Toughing It
- Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery (1996): Looking for Jamie Bridger
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1997): Fair Peril
- Carolyn W. Field Award (1998): I am Mordred
- Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery nominee (2007): The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery
- Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery nominee (2010): The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery