Conucopia: Editor Guest of Honor: Ellen Datlow
Conucopia
Editor Guest of Honor: Ellen Datlow
Rev. 22-Jul-1999
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Bruce Pelz, Bruce.Pelz@99.nasfic.org
Considered one of the world's preeminent editors of short science
fiction, Ellen Datlow was the Fiction Editor of Omni Magazine and Omni
Internet for sixteen years. In both forums, she published
award-winning writers ranging from Joyce Carol Oates, T. Coraghessan
Boyle, William Burroughs, and Jonathan Carroll to William Gibson,
Stephen King, Peter Straub, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Harlan Ellison.
Datlow has discovered, introduced, or published many of the most
important science fiction stories and authors of the last two decades.
She also edits, with Terri Windling, a series of The Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror anthologies, which began in 1988, and several
volumes of original stories in the Adult Fantasy field -- Snow White,
Blood Red; Black Thorn, White Rose; Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; and
Black Swan, White Raven. YBFH is used as a reference throughout the
genre.
Ellen's editorial works also include the original anthologies Blood Is
Not Enough (vampires); A Whisper of Blood (vampires); Twists of the
Tale (cat horror); Alien Sex (what it says); and Off Limits: Tales of
Alien Sex (more). All of these anthologies have been extremely
popular.
At Omni Internet, she marshaled her international contacts and
expertise to create one of the world's top interactive literary forums
through her `Salon,' a digital meeting place that enables renowned
authors to produce collaborative fiction online and gives fans a venue
for one-on-one contact with their favorite writers. As chief producer
of the weekly show, Flashpoint, sponsored by Event Horizon: SF,
Fantasy, Horror , she continues
to deliver top-quality net programming to a wide audience.
Ellen is currently editing Event Horizon
an sf/f/h webzine with Rob
Killheffer, who is in charge of the nonfiction. She is also working on
various web projects with her former OMNI partners for Event Horizon
Web Productions.
In addition to this, she is in the process of editing various
anthologies. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #12 will be coming out
shortly. The final volume in the adult fairy tale anthology, Black
Heart, Ivory Bones will debut in the spring of 2000, as will A Wolf at
the Door, a fairy tale anthology for children. There is also an
untitled science fiction anthology on the theme of "endangered
species" that will be in production by then.
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