Author · born 1955
Ellen Kushner
Ellen Kushner (born 1955) is an American writer. Born in Washington, D.C..
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Ellen Kushner, mostly historical fantasy, fae fiction and gay fiction. They span 1986 to 2020. The most-read is Thomas the Rhymer (1990).
Books by Ellen Kushner
Thomas the Rhymer
Ellen Kushner
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Enchanted Kingdom
Ellen Kushner
Silk & Steel
Ellen Kushner, Aliette de Bodard
Awards
- 🏆Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2000 — Overall, Swordspoint (winner)
- ✦Otherwise Award 2006 — Overall, The Privilege of the Sword (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2007 — Best Novel, The Privilege of the Sword (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2007 — Best Novel, The Privilege of the Sword (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1999 — Best Short Fiction, The Death of the Duke (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1998 — Best Novella, The Fall of the Kings (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1991 — Best Novel, Thomas the Rhymer (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Short Story, Immortal Coil (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Anthology, Tremontaine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Anthology, Welcome to Bordertown (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Short Story, The Children of Cadmus (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Short Story, The Man with the Knives (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Novelette, "A Wild and a Wicked Youth" (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Short Story, Dulce Domum (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2007 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Privilege of the Sword (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Fall of the Kings (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1998 — Best Anthology, The Horns of Elfland (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1991 — Best Fantasy Novel, Thomas the Rhymer (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best First Novel, Swordspoint (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best Anthology, Basilisk (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 2003 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, The Fall of the Kings (nominee)
- 🏆Mythopoeic Awards 1991 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Thomas the Rhymer (winner)
Biography
Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels. From 1996 until 2010, she was the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kushner)