Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born March 21, 1956) is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and workshop instructor. She is a consulting editor for Tor Books and is well known for her weblog, Making Light. She has also worked for Federated Media Publishing, when in 2007 she was hired to revive the comment section for the blog Boing Boing. Nielsen Hayden has been nominated for Hugo Awards five times. Early life Born Teresa Nielsen, she grew up in a Mormon household in Mesa, Arizona. Career From 1985 to 1989, she served on the editorial board of The Little Magazine, a poetry magazine. She is a former managing editor and a former consulting editor at Tor Books. In 1994, a collection of her essays, Making Book (), was published by NESFA Press. It is now in its third printing. The second printing is the preferred edition. She is also one of the regular instructors for the writing workshop Viable Paradise. Nielsen Hayden is well known for her weblog, Making Light, where she writes about subjects such as animal hoarding, publishing scams, astroturfing, and global political events. She is the first recorded Internet editor to practice disemvoweling of the entire text