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Ellen Datlow


(Ellen Sue Datlow)
USA flag (b.1949)

As fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, Ellen Datlow encouraged and helped develop an entire generation of fiction writers, and has published some of today's biggest names in the SF, fantasy and horror genres. The stunning assortment of writers Datlow brought to the pages of Omni includes such talents as William Gibson, Pat Cadigan, Dan Simmons, KW Jeter, Clive Barker, Stephen King, William Burroughs, Ursula K Le Guin, Jonathan Carroll, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub and Jack Cady, among many others.
 

Awards: Jackson (2015), WFA (2014), Stoker (2011)  see all

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Collections
   Tool Tales (2021) (with Kaaron Warren)
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Anthologies edited
   Blood Is Not Enough (1989)
   Alien Sex (1990)
   A Whisper of Blood (1991)
   Little Deaths (1994)
   Vanishing Acts (1996)
   Off Limits (1996)
   Twists of the Tale (1996)
   Lethal Kisses (1996)
   Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (1998) (with Terri Windling)
   Wild Justice (1999)
   The Green Man (2002) (with Terri Windling)
   The Dark (2003)
   The Faery Reel (2004) (with Terri Windling)
   Salon Fantastique (2006) (with Terri Windling)
   The Dark of the Woods (2006) (with Terri Windling)
   The Coyote Road (2007) (with Terri Windling)
   Inferno (2007)
   The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008)
   Poe (2009)
   Troll's Eye View (2009) (with Terri Windling)
   Lovecraft Unbound (2009)
   Tails of Wonder and Imagination (2010)
   Darkness (2010)
   The Beastly Bride (2010) (with Terri Windling)
   Digital Domains (2010)
   Haunted Legends (2010) (with Nick Mamatas)
   Teeth (2011) (with Terri Windling)
   Supernatural Noir (2011)
   Naked City (2011)
   Blood and Other Cravings (2011)
   After (2012) (with Terri Windling)
   Hauntings (2013)
   Queen Victoria's Book of Spells (2013) (with Terri Windling)
   Telling Tales (2013) (with David D Levine)
   Lovecraft's Monsters (2014)
   Fearful Symmetries (2014)
   The Cutting Room (2014)
   Nightmare Carnival (2014)
   The Doll Collection (2015)
   The Monstrous (2015)
   Children of Lovecraft (2016)
   Nightmares (2016)
   Black Feathers (2017)
   Haunted Nights (2017) (with Lisa Morton)
   Mad Hatters and March Hares (2017)
   Devil and the Deep (2018)
   Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3 (2019)
   Echoes (2019)
   Final Cuts (2020)
   Edited By (2020)
   When Things Get Dark (2021)
   Body Shocks (2021)
   Screams From the Dark (2022)
   Christmas and Other Horrors (2023)
   Fears (2024)
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Anthology series
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Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
   1. The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection (1988) (with Terri Windling)
   2. The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989) (with Terri Windling)
     aka Demons and Dreams
   3. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990) (with Terri Windling)
   4. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991) (with Terri Windling)
   5. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992) (with Terri Windling)
   6. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993) (with Terri Windling)
   7. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994) (with Terri Windling)
   8. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995) (with Terri Windling)
   9. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996) (with Terri Windling)
   10. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997) (with Terri Windling)
   11. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998) (with Terri Windling)
   12. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999) (with Terri Windling)
   13. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000) (with Terri Windling)
   14. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001) (with Terri Windling)
   15. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) (with Terri Windling)
   16. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003) (with Terri Windling)
   17. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 17th Annual Collection (2004) (with Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link)
   18. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Collection (2005) (with Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link)
   19. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19th Annual Collection (2006) (with Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link)
   20. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20th Annual Collection (2007) (with Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link)
   21. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 21st Annual Collection (2008) (with Gavin J Grant and Kelly Link)
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Omni Visions
   1. Omni Visions One (1993)
   2. Omni Visions Two (1994)
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by Ellen Datlow
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The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3 (2011)
(Best Horror of the Year, book 3)
edited by
Ellen Datlow

Awards
2022 Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work : Tool Tales: Microfiction Inspired by Antique Tools
2015 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology : Fearful Symmetries
2014 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
2011 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology : Poe: 18 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2008 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology : Inferno: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
2006 Locus Award for Best Anthology : The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Collection

Award nominations
2024 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Christmas and Other Horrors
2024 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Christmas and Other Horrors
2023 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Screams From the Dark
2022 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Screams From the Dark
2022 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : When Things Get Dark
2022 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Best Horror of the Year Volume 13
2021 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (commended) : When Things Get Dark
2021 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Edited By
2020 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
2020 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
2019 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10
2018 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales
2018 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales
2017 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Children of Lovecraft
2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : The Doll Collection
2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
2014 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
2013 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Best Horror of the Year Volume 4
2013 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Teeth: Vampire Tales
2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Supernatural Noir
2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction
2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Haunted Legends
2011 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Lovecraft Unbound
2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Poe: 18 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Lovecraft Unbound
2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Best Horror of the Year Volume 1
1996 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection (nominee) : Little Deaths
1995 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection (nominee) : Little Deaths


Ellen Datlow recommends
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The Book of Lamps and Banners (2020)
(Cass Neary, book 4)
Elizabeth Hand
"With each new book, Elizabeth Hand's great creation Cass Neary grows more complex, and fascinating. She's tough, smart, f*cked up. And I love her. If you've been following her since Generation Loss, you already know all this. If you haven't, read this book."
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The Unwilling (2020)
(Barrier Lands, book 1)
Kelly Braffet
"Wow...The characters, the world, the magic and greed and politics and pain--all of it adds up to something wonderful. I love it."
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A Cosmology of Monsters (2019)
Shaun Hamill
"A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill is beautiful, heartbreaking, offbeat horror. A terrific debut."

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