Terri Farley

Terri Farley

American author Terri Farley (born May 10, 1950) is the author of "Seven Tears into the Sea", "The Phantom Stallion" series for young readers and many nonfiction magazine articles.

Farley lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains with her journalist husband, two children and pets, but still longs for the California beaches where she grew up. She's worked as a waitress, journalist and teacher and now writes full-time.

Education and Career

Terri Farley has taught high school, middle school and college freshman English for much of her life. At San José State University, she earned a B.A. and Secondary teaching credential in English, then completed a Master's degree in Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has taught remedial reading in an inner-city school in Los Angeles, International Baccalaureate English in Reno, Nevada, and almost everything in between, including a semester helping lawyers write. She holds memberships in the National Council of Teachers of English, International Reading Association and the National Education Association. She has been writing since she was a child and wrote her first book, Pagan: The Wild Pinto Stallion, when she was eight years old on an old typewriter given to her by her grandmother.

List of Books

The Phantom Stallion

# "The Wild One"
# "Mustang Moon"
# "Dark Sunshine"
# "The Renegade"
# "Free Again"
# "The Challenger"
# "Desert Dancer"
# "Golden Ghost"
# "Gift Horse"
# "Red Feather Filly"
# "Untamed"
# "Rain Dance"
# "Heartbreak Bronco"
# "Moonrise"
# "Kidnapped Colt"
# "The Wildest Heart"
# "Mountain Mare"
# "Firefly"
# "Secret Star"
# "Blue Wings"
# "Dawn Runner"
# "Wild Honey"
# "Gypsy Gold"
# "Run Away Home"

Phantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island

Farley has recently announced that she has signed a 16 book contract and released several titles for upcoming books.

# "The Horse Charmer" (May 22, 2007)
# "The Shining Stallion" (August 21, 2007)
# "Rain Forest Rose" (November 2007)
# "Castaway Colt" (January 2008)
# "Fire Maiden" (March 2008)
# "Sea Shadow" (May 2008)
# "Mist Walker" (July 2008)
# "Water Lilly" (September 2008)
# "Snowfire" (November 2008)
# "Faraway Filly" (January 2009)
# "Galloping Gold" (March 2009)

Magical Love

# "Sea Spell"
# "Blue Rain"

Haunting Hearts

# "Shadows in the Flame"
# "Snow in Summer"

Other

* "Seven Tears into the Sea"
* "Tumbleweed Heart"
* "Star of Wonder" also by Jo Beverley, Alice Alfonsi, and Kate Freiman

Trivia

*Terri Farley has also written under the penname, Tess Farraday.

*Farley lives with her husband. Her two children have reached adult-hood and have pursued their own lives. Her husband is a journalist and Farley has said that her daughter proofreads her stories and drew a map for her new series, Wild Horse Island.

*Terri does not own horses, but a neighbor owns three horses. Two of Farley's dogs died recently, but she still owns a dog named Zito and a gray cat named Sherlock.

External links

* [http://phantomstallion.com/ Official website]
* [http://terrifarley.com/ Official homepage]
* [http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=21029 Terri Farley] at Harper Collins
* E-mail - farleyterri@aol.com


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