Ellen Kushner
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| Ellen Kushner | |
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Ellen Kushner (on the left) with Delia Sherman (photograph by Keyan Bowes) |
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| Born | Washington, DC |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College and Barnard College |
| Genres | Speculative fiction |
| Notable award(s) | 1991 World Fantasy Award, 1991 Mythopoeic Award, and 2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel |
| Spouse(s) | Delia Sherman |
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Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels, and the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International.
Kushner was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, Delia Sherman (they were married in 1996[1][2]).
Kushner's first books were four Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks, after which her first novel, Swordspoint was published in 1987. Swordspoint and its sequel (co-authored by Sherman) The Fall of the Kings (2002), are mannerpunk novels set in a nameless imaginary capital city and its raffish district of Riverside, where swordsmen-for-hire ply their trade. She has written another sequel set 18 years after Swordspoint, called The Privilege of the Sword, which was published in July 2006. A hardcover first of The Privilege of the Sword was published in late August 2006 by Small Beer Press.
Kushner's second novel, Thomas the Rhymer, won the World Fantasy Award[3] and the Mythopoeic Award[4] in 1991. She has also published short stories and poetry in various anthologies, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and the The Borderland Series of urban fantasy anthologies for teenage readers.
In 2002, she released a CD of her story "The Golden Dreydl," which uses music from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" to tell a Hanukkah story. The music on the CD is performed by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra.
With Delia Sherman and others, she is actively involved in the Interstitial art movement. She is also a member of the Endicott Studio.
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[edit] Published novels
[edit] Choose Your Own Adventure books
- 47. Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (August, 1985)
- 56. The Enchanted Kingdom (May, 1986)
- 58. Statue of Liberty Adventure (July, 1986)
- 63. Mystery of the Secret Room (December, 1986)
- 86. Knights of the Round Table (December, 1988)
[edit] Riverside
- Swordspoint (1987)
- The Fall of the Kings (with Delia Sherman) (2002)
- Nominated for Mythopoeic Award Adult Literature
- Nominated for Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- Nominated for 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Best Novel
- The Privilege of the Sword (2006)
- Winner of 2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- Nominated for 2007 Nebula Award, Best Novel
- Nominated for 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Best Novel
[edit] Other novels
- Thomas the Rhymer (1990)
- Winner of 1991 World Fantasy Award and the Mythopoeic Award
- St. Nicholas and the Valley Beyond the World's Edge (1994)
[edit] Edited
- Basilisk (1980)
- Nominated for Balrog Award for Best Fantasy Anthology
- The Horns of Elfland (with Delia Sherman and Donald G. Keller) (1997)
- Nominated for Locus Award Best Anthology
[edit] References
- ^ Bickelhaupt, Susan; Maureen Dezell (1996-10-25). "Will Klein Sign His Letters From Washington?". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Simon, Clea (2004-09-01). "It was love, but now it's gone". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2004/09/01/it_was_love_but_now_its_gone/. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ "1991 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1991.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ^ "Mythopoeic Awards - Winners". http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Sound & Spirit official website
- Bio page on the Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts website
- Ellen Kushner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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