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[[File:DS-EK-Outdoors.jpg|thumb|Delia Sherman (l.) and Ellen Kushner.]]
'''Ellen Kushner''' (born October 6, 1955) is an [[American literature|American writer]] of [[fantasy|fantasy novels]]. From 1996 until 2010, she was the host of the radio program ''[[Sound & Spirit]]'', produced by [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and distributed by [[Public Radio International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ellen-kushner.livejournal.com/317150.html|
== Background and personal life ==
Kushner was born 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 |
== Career ==
Kushner's first books were five [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] [[gamebook]]s. During that period, she published her first [[novel]], ''Swordspoint'' in 1987. A sequel set 18 years after ''Swordspoint'', called ''The Privilege of the Sword'', was published in July 2006, with a first hardcover edition published in late August 2006 by [[Small Beer Press]]. ''The Fall of the Kings'' (2002) (co-authored by Sherman) is set 40 years after ''Swordspoint.'' All three books are considered [[mannerpunk]] novels, and take place in a nameless imaginary [[capital city]] and its raffish district of Riverside, where swordsmen-for-hire ply their trade.
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
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 |
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|
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|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's]] ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' to tell a [[Hanukkah]] story. The music on the CD is performed by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. ''The Golden Dreydl'' won a Gracie Award from [[American Women in Radio and Television]].<ref>"People and Publishing: Awards," ''Locus'', May 2002, p. 14</ref> A live theater version of ''The Golden Dreydl'' was performed in 2008 and 2009 at Vital Theater in New York City, written by Kushner (who played "Tante Miriam" in the 2008 production) and directed by Linda Ames Key.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/nov08/nutcracker21nov08.htm|work=New York Theatre Guide|title=The Klezmer Nutcracker: Vital Theatre Company Announces Full Cast|
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|
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|
In 2015, Kushner created ''Tremontaine'', a serialized prequel to ''Swordspoint'', for the [[Serial Box]] platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spotlight on: Ellen Kushner, Tremontaine|url=https://locusmag.com/2017/01/spotlight-on-ellen-kushner-tremontaine/
With Sherman and others, she is actively involved in the [[interstitial art]] movement. She is the co-founder and past president of the Interstitial Arts Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interstitialarts.org/about-iaf/origins|title=Interstitial Arts Foundation: IAF Origins|
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.
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