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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>
== Background and personal life ==
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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|publisher=}}</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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=2015-02-08}}</ref> The adaptation of ''The Fall of the Kings'' won the 2014 Wilbur Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suemediaproductions.com/awards.html|title= Sue Media Productions - Awards|accessdate=2015-02-08}}</ref>
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 |accessdate=2009-04-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020019/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1991.html |archivedate=2013-10-15 |df= }}</ref> and the [[Mythopoeic Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/ |title=Mythopoeic Awards - Winners |accessdate=2009-04-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6TEE7QhPF?url=http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/ |archivedate=2014-10-10 |df= }}</ref> in 1991. She has also published short stories and poetry in various anthologies, including [[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]] and [[The Borderland Series]] of [[urban fantasy]] anthologies for teenage readers.
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