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Ellen Kushner (born October 6, 1955) 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. [1]
Ellen Kushner unites her talents and insights as a writer, performer, and cultural maven in one sleek package: she is the author of acclaimed works of literary fantasy, an award-winning audio book narrator and stage performer, the creator and former host of public radio’s national series Sound & Spirit, and a popular teacher and lecturer.
Ellen Kushner weaves together multiple careers as a writer, radio host, teacher, performer and public speaker. A graduate of Barnard College, she also attended Bryn Mawr College, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ellen Kushner is a co-founder and past president of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, an organization supporting work that falls between genre categories. She lives in New York City with author and educator Delia Sherman, a lot of books, airplane and theater ticket stubs, and no cats whatsoever.
Feb 1, 1987 · Award-winning author Ellen Kushner has created a world of unforgettable characters whose political ambitions, passionate love affairs, and age-old rivalries collide with deadly results. Swordspoint On the treacherous streets of Riverside, a man lives and dies by the sword.
Ellen Kushner’s writing ranges from award-winning novels to works for the theater, audio drama, and short fiction for both children and adults. Ellen Kushner burst on the scene with her genre-defying first novel, Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners, in 1987.
Kushner takes as the core of her novel a story drawn from a 13th century Scottish Ballad about Thomas of Erceldoune who encounters the Queen of Elfland while walking in the hills and is carried away by her.
