The Wood Wife Novel By Terri Windling

She presents a believable and subtly observed cast of characaters which could form the basis of an interesting novel if set in a mundane world.

The wood wife novel by terri windling.

1 1996 distinctive contemporary fantasy set in the arizona desert from the well known editor the annual year s best fantasy and horror with ellen datlow etc. Set in the mountain outskirts of contemporary tucson arizona the novel could equally be described as magical realism contemporary fantasy or mythic fiction. She has won six world fantasy awards for her editorial work and the mythopoeic award for her novel the wood wife. Terri windling is a writer editor artist and passionate advocate of fantasy literature.

Instead she places them in a heady mix of magic mystery and suspense to produce a spectacular fantasy. Her heart that traitorous organ still leapt when she saw her ex husband through the window glass. What makes terri windling s novel the wood wife so good. Nigel came down the street toward her his face shadowed with annoyance.

Nigel was a hard act to follow. The wood wife is a novel by american writer terri windling published by tor books in 1996. Her mentor the acclaimed poet davis cooper has mysteriously died in the canyons east of tucson bequeathing her his estate and the mystery of his life and death. Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life maggie black comes to the southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dream.

The wood wife davis cooper. It is windling s first novel. A mythopoeic fantasy award winning masterpiece by a nine time winner of the world fantasy award terri windling s the wood wife returns to print in a tor essentials edition. Windling draws on myth folklore poetry and the history of surrealist art to tell the s.

Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life maggie black comes to the southwestern desert to pursue her passion and he dreams. The wood wife by terri windling release date.