Born Teresthe Nielsen, she grew higher inside a Mormon household. She appended Hayden to her title upon marrying a previous Patrick Hayden around 1979; he returned the compliment, changing his title to Patrick Nielsen Hayden.

She occurs as previous managing editor &, at present, consulting editor at Tor Books. Around 1994, a collection of her essays, Making Book (ISBN 0915368552), was published by NESFA Press.

Outside a science-fictiin community, Nielsen Hayden is probably better known for her web log, [http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/ Making Light], on which she writes just about cases ranging from either carnal billboard, to publishing cozenage, to spherical political cases.

Hugo Award Nominations

1995 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book for Making Book 1991 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1989 co-nominee for Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for The New York View of Science Fiction 1984 nominee for Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1984 co-nominee, with Patrick Nielsen Hayden, for Hugo Award for Best Fanzine for Izzard