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Ellen Datlow is the editor of science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981-1998. Then she was the editor of the webzine Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror from September 1998-December 1999. She has won the World Fantasy Award seven times, the Bram Stoker Award twice with her co-editors and the Hugo Award for Best Editor in 2002 and 2005. She currently lives in New York City and edits fiction for Scifi.com. In 2011 she was given the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association.She is a long time trustee of the Horror Writers Association. She has been the co-host of the Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar since 2000, a series which features luminaries and up-and-comers in speculative fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Snow White, Blood Red… (more)
Snow White, Blood Red (Editor) 1,696 copies, 15 reviews
Black Thorn, White Rose (Editor) 1,089 copies, 9 reviews
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (Editor) 1,006 copies, 14 reviews
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (Editor; Foreword) 996 copies, 16 reviews
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (Editor) 920 copies, 11 reviews
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (Editor) 784 copies, 20 reviews
Black Heart, Ivory Bones (Editor; Introduction) 660 copies, 4 reviews
Silver Birch, Blood Moon (Editor) 604 copies, 10 reviews
Naked City (Editor) 601 copies, 42 reviews
Black Swan, White Raven (Editor) 564 copies, 6 reviews
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (Editor) 481 copies, 13 reviews
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales (Editor) 336 copies, 17 reviews
After (Editor) 332 copies, 14 reviews
Lovecraft's Monsters (Editor; Introduction, some editions) 324 copies, 10 reviews
Lovecraft Unbound (Editor; Introduction) 316 copies, 13 reviews
Teeth: Vampire Tales (Editor) 289 copies, 14 reviews
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (Editor) 284 copies, 9 reviews
A Whisper of Blood (Editor) 251 copies, 2 reviews
Blood Is Not Enough : 17 Stories of Vampirism (Editor) 208 copies, 2 reviews
Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories (Editor) 202 copies, 7 reviews
Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex (Editor) 196 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume One (Editor) 182 copies, 2 reviews
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (Editor) 182 copies, 3 reviews
The Dark (Editor) 174 copies, 4 reviews
Haunted Legends (Editor) 174 copies, 4 reviews
Haunted Nights (Editor) 163 copies, 13 reviews
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition (Editor) 148 copies, 2 reviews
Vanishing Acts: A Science Fiction Anthology (Editor) 145 copies, 1 review
Inferno (Editor) 131 copies, 3 reviews
Fearful Symmetries (Editor) 129 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four (Editor) 129 copies, 8 reviews
Supernatural Noir (Editor) 128 copies, 6 reviews
The Doll Collection (Editor) 126 copies, 6 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two (Editor) 124 copies, 3 reviews
Little Deaths (Editor) 121 copies, 1 review
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition (Editor) 120 copies, 4 reviews
Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe (Editor; Introduction) 119 copies, 4 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five (Editor) 111 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Three (Editor; Contributor) 105 copies, 4 reviews
The Monstrous (Editor) 103 copies, 6 reviews
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror (Editor) 103 copies, 11 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Six (Editor) 103 copies, 1 review
Hauntings (Editor) 102 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight (Editor) 98 copies, 2 reviews
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories (Editor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 (Editor) 89 copies, 8 reviews
The Dark of the Woods (Editor) 85 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven (Editor) 83 copies, 5 reviews
Blood and Other Cravings (Editor) 67 copies, 4 reviews
Children of Lovecraft (Editor) 66 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine (Editor) 65 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten (Editor) 57 copies, 2 reviews
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition (Editor) 56 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eleven (Editor) 55 copies, 3 reviews
Body Shocks (Editor) 46 copies
Edited By (Editor) 38 copies, 3 reviews
Nightmare Carnival (Editor) 38 copies, 1 review
Omni Visions One (Editor) 11 copies
Omni Visions Two (Editor) 10 copies
Magic Bites 2 copies
Omni Magazine November 1989 (Editor) 2 copies
Omni Magazine April 1982 (Editor, Fiction) 2 copies
Omni Magazine December 1993 (Fiction Editor) 1 copy
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (Contributor) 103 copies, 4 reviews
Nebula Awards 33 (Contributor) 95 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (Contributor) 88 copies, 1 review
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