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Midori Snyder

'I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.'--Flannery

About Me

I'm an author of adult and young adult fantasy literature. I've published eight novels plus short stories, nonfiction, and poetry, and won the Mythopoeic Award for my "commedia dell'arte" novel The Innamorati. I'm currently working on a sequel to The Innamorati, and on a fairy novel in collaboration with Jane Yolen. For more information please visit my website and blog

I am also an editor and web designer for the Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts and a regular contributor to the Endicott Redux our blog. Stop by and visit.

My Interests

Reading just about anything, learning Flash animation for future Journal projects, and most recently, desert gardening.

I'd like to meet:

If it were possible, Flannery O'Connor.

Music:

I am always playing music when I write so I listen to a lot of great music in other languages: Ojos de Brujo, Ceu, Mariza, Pistolas, Lila Downs, Amalia Rodrigues, Caetano Veloso, Habib Kote, Salif Keita, and Cesaria Evora are all on my desk right now.

Movies:

Seven Samurai (uncut version), Stray Dog, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Zaitoishi (original and remake), Chushingura, Hara Kiri, Enter the Dragon, Fist of Legend, Fearless, Blade Runner (the final new director's cut at last!), The Third Man, and anything good, bad or ugly with Christopher Walken (yes that includes the Omen mess)Transformers, Simpsons, Pan's Labyrinth, Hell Boy, All three Blades (I know, I know), 16 Blocks, Run Lola Run.

Television:

Flight of the Conchords--New Zealand's best export since the kiwi.

Books:

Here's what I am reading now: Catherynne Valente's The Orhpan's Tale: In the Cities of Coin and Spices, Peter Hoeg The Quiet Girl, Margaret Rosenthal The Honest Courtesan, Jon Courtney Grimwood Nine Tail Fox, and three of Liz Williams Inspector Chen novels (thank you Nightshade books!)

My Blog

JoMA’s Farewell Issue

Terri and I have finished work on the Journal of Mythic Arts' Farewell Issue and it is now online. There's lots of great reading here from nonfiction, fiction and poetry -- lots of poetry in fact! The...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:19:00 PST

Farewell to the Endicott Studio and JoMA

Terri Windling and I have decided it's time to say good bye to the Endicott Studio and the Journal of Mythic Arts in order to pursue (at long last!) our own novels. It has been a wonderful and creativ...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:42:00 PST

Check out the brand new Journal of Mythic Arts website and blog

Stop in and visit the newly re-designed Journal of Mythic Arts website and blog. Terri Windling and I have been working hard over the last month to redo the whole site so as to make all the mater...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:30:00 PST

Author website at last!

Finally! I have an author website and blog on typepad. I am still adding content to it and tweaking it, but I am pretty pleased to have it up finally. Do stop by and visit...there is a blog which I wi...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:47:00 PST

Moving to the Desert

I have finally made the move from the midwest to the southwest. We have arrived in Tucson and are semi-frantically house hunting. As Tucson sits in a basin surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges, i...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:05:00 PST

Except the Queen

    The contracts are finally signed and Jane Yolen and I are now set to turn our novella "Except the Queen" into a novel. We are pretty excited about it -- we feel there is a lot more ...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:39:00 PST

Time warp covers

So Terri pushed me to make a slide show of my book covers. I have to say it's like a retro history of bookcover styles--clearly I don't write fast enough to keep up with current styles. I missed havin...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:04:00 PST

Christopher Barzaks One For Sorrow Review

Just to say that I have a posted a review of the incredibly talented Chris Barzak's new novel, One For Sorrow here.  And check out the MySpace page for Adam McCormick, the novel's protagonis...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:57:00 PST

JoMA: Summer Young Adult Fiction Issue

Terri and I put together a huge issue of 13 short stories, poems, articles, a great memoir piece by Jeff Ford, an article on Geraldine McCaughrean's White Darkness by reviewer extraordinaire Colleen ...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:01:00 PST

Oran Trilogy published in Holland

I am pretty excited to see my Oran trilogy (New Moon, Sadar's Keep, and Beldan's Fire) coming out this summer from Dromen en Memonen. Also delighted to see the new covers on the Penguin issues here in...
Posted by Midori Snyder on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:14:00 PST