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== Background and personal life ==
Kushner was born in a Jewish family in Washington, D.C. and grew up in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], Ohio. She attended [[Bryn Mawr College]] and graduated from [[Barnard College]]. She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, [[Delia Sherman]]. They held a wedding in 1996<ref name=bglobe1>{{cite news |title=Will Klein Sign His Letters From Washington? |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=1996-10-25 |first=Susan |last=Bickelhaupt |author2=Maureen Dezell}}</ref><ref name=bglobe2>{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2004/09/01/it_was_love_but_now_its_gone/ |title=It was love, but now it's gone |first=Clea |last=Simon |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2004-09-01 |access-date=2007-08-10}}</ref> and were legally married in Boston in 2004.<ref name="SFScope">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfscope.com/2010/12/nyrsf-readings-family-night-features-ellen-kushner-delia-sherman-duo/|work=SFScope|title=NYRSF Readings' 'Family Night' Features Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman Duo|date=15 December 2010 |access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref> Kushner identifies as bisexual.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kushner|first1=Ellen|title=Are You Bisexual?|url=http://ellenkushner.tumblr.com/post/141051326721/are-you-bisexual|website=Ellen Kushner's Tumblr|date=March 2016 |publisher=Tumblr|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>
== Career ==
Kushner's first books were five [[Choose Your Own Adventure|''Choose Your Own Adventure'']] [[gamebook]]s. During that period, she published her
From 2011 to 2014 [[audiobook]] versions of all three novels were produced under the label of [[Neil Gaiman]] Presents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.acx.com/2011/10/25/neil-gaiman-presents-launches-on-acx/|title='Neil Gaiman Presents' Launches on ACX|date=25 October 2011|access-date=7 July 2012|archive-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030034719/http://blog.acx.com/2011/10/25/neil-gaiman-presents-launches-on-acx/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Swordspoint'' adaptation won the 2013 [[Audie Award]] for Best Audio Drama,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audible.com/mt/Audie_Awards_2013a_Aud_Drama/ref=amb_link_371776942_87?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=00J27M60Y7B3285QDG8N&pf_rd_p=1561307642&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=Audie_Awards_2013|title=Audie Award Best Drama|access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref> an Earphones Award from ''[[AudioFile (magazine)|AudioFile]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/70648/|title=Swordspoint:A Melodrama of Manners|access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref> and the 2013 Communicator Award: Gold Award of Excellence (Audio).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.communicatorawards.com/winners/list/?event=8&category=1&award=E|title=19th annual Communicator Award of Excellence Winners|access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref> The adaptation of ''The Fall of the Kings'' won the 2014 [[Wilbur Awards|Wilbur Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suemediaproductions.com/awards.html|title=
Kushner's second novel, ''Thomas the Rhymer'', won the [[World Fantasy Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1991.html |title=1991 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees |access-date=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020019/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1991.html |archive-date=2013-10-15 }}</ref> and the [[Mythopoeic Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/ |title=Mythopoeic Awards – Winners |access-date=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006192054/http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref> in 1991. She has also published short stories and poetry in various anthologies, including [[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]] and the [[
In 1987, Kushner relocated from New York to Boston, and began working as a presenter in radio. She worked with public radio station [[WGBH (FM)|WBGH-FM]], first hosting its all-night radio program "Night Air".<ref name="SFsite">{{Cite web|title = The SF Site: An Interview With Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman|url = https://www.sfsite.com/11b/dm69.htm|website = www.sfsite.com|access-date = May 5, 2020|last = Mathews|first = David}}</ref><ref name = "Endicott">{{cite web | url = http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/bioellendelia.html | title = Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman – Brief Biographies| access-date =May 5, 2020| url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050406001522/http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/bioellendelia.html| archive-date = April 6, 2005}}</ref> In 1989 she hosted the ''Nakamichi International Music Series'' for American Public Radio (now [[Public Radio International]]), and later produced three Jewish holiday specials with APR, ''Festival of Liberation: the Passover Story in World Music'', ''The Door is Open: a Jewish High Holiday Meditation'', and ''Beyond 1492''.<ref name="Endicott"/>
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Beginning in 1996, Kushner wrote, programmed and hosted the series "Sound & Spirit", produced by WGBH/PRI.<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web|title=Ellen Kushner: Taking Audiobooks To Another Level|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2014/08/29/ellen-kushner-taking-audiobooks-to-another-level/|last=Farrell|first=John|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> "Sound & Spirit" was an hour-long weekly series "exploring the human spirit through music and ideas."<ref name="Hart">{{Cite web|title=Sound and Spirit; Drummers' Circle|url=http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_DDC28F44A31B435482A03C291A076886|website=openvault.wgbh.org|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> Episodes featured folk, classical, and world music, with a wide variety of special guests including [[Grateful Dead]] drummer [[Mickey Hart]], religious historian [[Elaine Pagels]],<ref name = "Pagels">{{Cite web|title=Sound and Spirit; Devil's Trill, The|url=http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_A543DA5D60A34F18963DD4018E6AB59B|website=openvault.wgbh.org|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> and writer [[Neil Gaiman]].<ref name="Gainman">{{Cite web|title=WGBH/PRI: Sound & Spirit: Neil Gaiman talking about Sandman – SFFaudio|date=20 May 2013 |url=https://www.sffaudio.com/wgbhpri-sound-spirit-neil-gaiman-talking-about-sandman/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> "Sound & Spirit" remained on the air until 2010.<ref name="Forbes"/>
In 2002, she released a CD of her story ''The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker,'' which uses music from [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Tchaikovsky
In 2007, Kushner, along with Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom, scripted the musical audio drama ''The Witches of Lublin'' for public radio. Based on the history of Jewish women who were klezmer musicians in 18th Century Europe, ''The Witches of Lublin'' premiered on radio stations nationwide in April 2011 with performances by Tovah Feldshuh and Simon Jones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewitchesoflublin.com/team_cast.html|title=The Witches of Lublin: Complete Cast|access-date=2015-02-08|archive-date=2015-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506213032/http://thewitchesoflublin.com/team_cast.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It won the 2012 [[Wilbur Awards|Wilbur Award]] for Best Single Program, Radio; the 2012 [[Gracie Awards|Grace Allen Award]] for Best Director, and the 2012 [[Gabriel Award]]: Arts, Local Release, Radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2012/03/30/music-story-old-fashioned-passover/|work=Hadassah Magazine|title=Music and Story for an Old Fashioned Passover|date=30 March 2012 |access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref>
In 2011 she co-edited (with [[Holly Black]]) ''Welcome to Bordertown,'' an anthology of new stories from [[Terri Windling]]'s seminal shared-world series. In an audiobook adaptation [[Neil Gaiman]] read his own work, set to an original score by [[Boiled in Lead]]'s Drew Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2013/09/17/expanded-welcome-to-borderdo.html|work=Boing Boing|last=Doctorow|first=Cory|title=Expanded 'Welcome to Bordertown' audiobook, with Neil Gaiman, Steven Brust, Ellen Kushner and more|date=17 September 2013 |access-date=2015-02-08}}</ref>
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She is also a member of the [[Endicott Studio]] and has taught classes and seminars as part of Hollins University's MFA program; the Odyssey Writing Workshop; and the Clarion Writers' Workshop.
== Awards ==
=== Major awards ===
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year<ref name=":1">(
!Nominee
!Award
!Category
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!Ref
|-
!1991
|''Thomas the Rhymer''
|[[World Fantasy Award]]
|[[World Fantasy Award—Novel|Novel]]
|{{Won|Won (tie)}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=sfadb : Ellen Kushner Awards |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Ellen_Kushner |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.sfadb.com}}</ref>
|-
!1998
|"The Fall of the Kings"
|[[World Fantasy Award]]
|[[World Fantasy Award—Novella|Novella]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1999
|"The Death of the Duke"
|[[World Fantasy Award]]
|[[World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction|Short Fiction]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |''The Privilege of the Sword''
|[[Nebula Award]]
|[[Nebula Award for Best Novel|
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[World Fantasy Award]]
|[[World Fantasy Award—Novel|Novel]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award]]
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|{{Nominated|Honor List}}
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=== Locus awards (poll) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year<ref
!Nominee
!Category
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!Ref
|-
|''Basilisk''
|Anthology
|{{Nominated|13th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''Swordspoint''
|[[Locus Award for Best First Novel|
|{{Nominated|10th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''Thomas the Rhymer''
|[[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|
|{{Nominated|5th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''The Horns of Elfland''
|Anthology
|{{Nominated|8th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''The Fall of the Kings''
|[[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|
|{{Nominated|9th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''The Privilege of the Sword''
|[[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|"Dulce Domum"
|[[Locus Award for Best Short Story|
|{{Nominated|25th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|"A Wild and a Wicked Youth"
|[[Locus Award for Best Novelette|
|{{Nominated|16th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|
|[[Locus Award for Best Short Story|
|{{Nominated|12th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|
|[[Locus Award for Best Short Story|
|{{Nominated|27th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''Welcome to Bordertown''
|Anthology
|{{Nominated|2th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''Tremontaine''
|Anthology
|{{Nominated|8th}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|}
=== Riverside ===
* ''[[Swordspoint]]'' (1987) – {{ISBN|978-0812543483}}
* ''[[The Fall of the Kings]]'' (with Delia Sherman) (2002) – {{ISBN|978-0553381849}}
* ''[[The Privilege of the Sword]]'' (2006) – {{ISBN|978-1931520201}}
=== Standalone novels ===
* ''[[Thomas the Rhymer (novel)|Thomas the Rhymer]]'' (1990) – {{ISBN|978-1557100467}}
* ''St. Nicholas and the Valley Beyond: A Christmas Legend'' (1994) – {{ISBN|978-0670844203}}
===[[Choose Your Own Adventure]] books===
* 47. ''[[Outlaws of Sherwood Forest]]'' (August, 1985) – {{ISBN|978-0553250695}}
* 56. ''[[The Enchanted Kingdom]]'' (May, 1986) – {{ISBN|978-0553258615}}
* 58. ''[[Statue of Liberty Adventure]]'' (July, 1986) – {{ISBN|978-0553258134}}
* 63. ''[[Mystery of the Secret Room]]'' (December, 1986) – {{ISBN|978-0553262704}}
* 86. ''[[Knights of the Round Table (gamebook)|Knights of the Round Table]]'' (December, 1988) – {{ISBN|978-0318371139}}
=== Chapbook form ===
* ''The Golden Dreydl'' (2007) – {{ISBN|978-1580891356}}
** ''The Golden Dreidel'' (2021) – {{ISBN|978-1623541446}}
* ''The Man with the Knives'' (2010), with [[Thomas Canty]] – {{ISBN|978-0976466062}}
=== Short fiction ===
{{Empty section|date=August 2024}}
== Anthologies edited ==
* ''Basilisk'' (1980) – {{ISBN|978-0441048205}}
* ''[[The Horns of Elfland]]'', with [[Delia Sherman]] and [[Donald G. Keller]] (1997) – {{ISBN|978-0451455994}}
* ''[[Welcome to Bordertown]] (New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands)'', with [[Holly Black]] (2011) – {{ISBN|978-0375867057}}
== References ==
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