The Wood Wife
core novel 1996 The Wood Wife
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (3,589 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312859886 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wood Wife
- Series: The Wood Wife (novel) core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terri Windling
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 1997: won; Confirmed directly via mythsoc.org's own comprehensive winners list: "1997: Terri Windling, The Wood Wife." Some secondary sources describe this as a '1996' win, matching the novel's publication year rather than the award body's own ceremony-year label; registered as 1997 to match mythsoc.org's own labeling, consistent with this project's existing year-labeling convention for award bodies that label by ceremony year.
Notes
- From the series record (The Wood Wife (novel)): A 1996 novel following Maggie Black, a journalist and former poet who inherits property in the Rincon Mountains near Tucson, Arizona from her late mentor, poet Davis Cooper. Settling in, she discovers mythical spirits inhabiting the desert landscape, drawn from Native American and Celtic traditions, while letters between Cooper and his late lover, painter Anna Naverra, unspool a second, interwoven story. Standalone; registered as a single-work universe (LOTR-analogy convention).
Sources
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