Ellen Kushner bibliography

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Novels ↙ 4
Stories ↙ 43
Poems ↙ 2
Children's books ↙ 6
Non-fiction ↙ 2
Edited volumes ↙ 4
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Ellen Kushner (born 1955) is an American editor and author of fantasy fiction for adults and children. [1] She has published four edited volumes, four novels, two poems, and more than forty short stories. Kushner's first publication was as the editor of Basilisk (1980), an anthology of fantasy stories and poems, [2] and in 1981 she published her first short story, "The Unicorn Masque". [1] [2] Donald G. Keller described "The Unicorn Masque" as "a harbinger of the fantasy of manners", [3] a fantasy subgenre in which Kushner would become a major figure. [4] [5]

Contents

Much of the critical attention dedicated to Kushner's work has focused on the novels in her Riverside series, beginning with Swordspoint in 1987. Swordspoint, Kushner's first novel, is set in a ficitonal 18th-century city [1] [2] and contains no fantastical elements beyond "the structure of the depicted society, which has no historical analogue". [3] Swordspoint was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Hall of Fame in 2000 [6] and is considered a central text in the fantasy of manners subgenre. [5] Swordspoint was followed by two sequel novels: The Fall of the Kings in 2002, co-written with Delia Sherman, [1] and The Privilege of the Sword in 2006, which earned Kushner a Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. [7]

In 1990, Kushner also published a standalone fantasy novel, Thomas the Rhymer, which won the World Fantasy Award and Mythopoeic Award. [2] [1]

Children's books

TitleSeries, where applicableFormatYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherNotes ISBN Ref.
Outlaws of Sherwood Forest Choose Your Own Adventure (No. 47) Gamebook 1985 Bantam Books Illustrated by Judith Mitchell. 978-0-553-25069-5 [2]
The Enchanted Kingdom Choose Your Own Adventure (No. 56) Gamebook 1986 Bantam Books Illustrated by Judith Mitchell. 978-0-553-25861-5 [1] [2]
Statue of Liberty Adventure Choose Your Own Adventure (No. 58) Gamebook 1986 Bantam Books Illustrated by Ted Enik. 978-0-553-25813-4 [2]
Mystery of the Secret Room Choose Your Own Adventure (No. 63) Gamebook 1986 Bantam Books Illustrated by Judith Mitchell. 978-0-553-26270-4 [2]
Knights of the Round Table Choose Your Own Adventure (No. 86) Gamebook 1988 Bantam Books Illustrated by Judith Mitchell. 978-0-553-27595-7 [2]
St. Nicholas and the Valley BeyondPicture book1994 Viking Press Illustrated by Richard W. Burhans. 978-0-670-84420-3 [1] [8]

Novels

Kushner (right) with spouse and collaborator Delia Sheman in 2015 DS-EK-Outdoors.jpg
Kushner (right) with spouse and collaborator Delia Sheman in 2015
TitleSeries, where applicableYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherNotes ISBN Ref.
Swordspoint Riverside1987 Unwin Hyman 978-0-04-823352-3 [1] [2]
Thomas the Rhymer 1990 William Morrow 978-1-55710-046-7 [2] [1]
The Fall of the KingsRiverside2002 Bantam Spectra Written with Delia Sherman. 978-0-553-38184-9 [1]
The Privilege of the Sword Riverside2006 Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38268-6 [9]

Poetry

TitleYear of first publicationFirst edition publicationRef.
"Gwydion's Loss of Llew"1982Elsewhere, Vol. II, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Ace Books [10]
"Sonata: For Two Friends in Different Times of the Same Trouble"1990Monochrome: The Readercon Anthology, edited by Bryan Cholfin, Broken Mirrors Press [11]

Short fiction

TitleSeries, where applicableFormatYear of first publicationFirst edition publisher/publicationNotes ISBN Ref.
"The Unicorn Masque"Short story1981Elsewhere, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Ace Books [2] [1]
"Red-Cloak"RiversideShort story1982 Whispers , vol. 5Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [1] [12]
"Charis"Chronicles of the BorderlandsNovelette1986Borderland, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Signet Books [1]
"Lazarus"Short story1986Heroic Visions II, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace Books [13]
"Mockery"Chronicles of the BorderlandsNovella1986Bordertown, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Signet Books Written with Terri Windling (credited as Bellamy Bach). [13]
"Night Laughter"Short story1986After Midnight, edited by Charles L. Grant, Tor Books [13]
"Lost in the Mail"Linked short stories1991Life on the Border, edited by Terri Windling, Tor Books [13]
"The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death"RiversideShort story1991 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 81, no. 3Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [2]
"Playing with Fire"Short story1993The Women's Press Book of New Myth and Magic, edited by Helen Windrath, The Women's Press [14]
"The Hunt of the Unicorn"Short story1995Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn, edited by Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner, and Martin H. Greenberg, Harper Prism [13]
"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep"Short story1995The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, edited by Terri Windling, Tor Books [13]
"The Death of Raven"Short story1997 The Horns of Elfland , edited by Donald G. Keller, Ellen Kushner, and Delia Sherman, Roc Books [14] [15]
"The Fall of the Kings"RiversideNovelette1997Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, White Wolf Publishing Written with Delia Sherman. [13] [16]
"The Death of the Duke"RiversideShort story1998Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [13]
"The House of Nine Doors"Short story1998Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Harper Prism [14]
"Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance"Chronicles of the BorderlandsShort story1998The Essential Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman, Tor Books [13]
The Golden Dreydl Chapbook 2007Charlesbridge PublishingIllustrated by Ilene Winn-Lederer. 978-1-58089-135-6 [17]
"Honoured Guest"RiversideShort story2007The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking Press Illustrated by Charles Vess. [17]
"The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces"Short story2009Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Viking Press [18]
"A Wild and a Wicked Youth"RiversideShort story2009 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , vol. 116 [19]
"Dulce Domum"Short story2009Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books [20]
"Last Drink Bird Head"Short story2009Last Drink Bird Head: Flash Fiction for Charity, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, The Ministry of Whimsy Press [21]
"The Children of Cadmus"Short story2010The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Viking Press [22]
The Man with the KnivesRiverside Chapbook 2010Temporary CultureIllustrated by Thomas Canty. 978-0-9764660-6-2 [23]
"The Duke of Riverside"RiversideShort story2011Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin [24]
"History"Short story2011Teeth: Vampire Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Harper [25]
"Welcome to Bordertown"Chronicles of the BorderlandsNovella2011Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, Random House Children’s Books Written with Terri Windling. [26]
"The Threefold World"Short story2012Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Random House [27]
"One Last, Great Adventure"Short story2013Fearsome Journeys, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books Written with Ysabeau S. Wilce. [28] [29]
"The Vital Importance of the Superficial"Short story2013Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Tor Books Written with Caroline Stevermer. [30]
"Prise de Fer"Short story2014Games Creatures Play, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace Books [31]
"Arrivals"TremontaineShort story2015Tremontaine, edited by Patty Bryant, Joel Derfner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, and Paul Witcover, Saga Press Illustrated by Kathleen Jennings. [32]
"When Two Swordsmen Meet"Short story2015Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, edited by Bill Campbell and Nisi Shawl, Rosarium Publishing [33]
"Beauty Sleeping"Short story2016Angels of the Meanwhile, edited by Alexandra Erin [34]
"Convocation"TremontaineShort story2016 [35]
"Departures"TremontaineShort story2016Tremontaine, edited by Patty Bryant, Joel Derfner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, and Paul Witcover, Saga Press Illustrated by Kathleen Jennings. [32]
"Ambition"TremontaineShort story2017 [36]
"Dissolution"TremontaineShort story2017 [37]
"When I Was a Highwayman"RiversideShort story2017The Book of Swords, edited by Gardner Dozois, Bantam Books [38]
"Onward"TremontaineShort story2018Written with Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, and Racheline Maltese. [39]
"What the River Wants"TremontaineShort story2018 [40]
"The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec"RiversideShort story2020Silk & Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology, edited by Janine A. Southard, Cantina Publishing [41]
"Immortal Coil"Short story2021 Uncanny Magazine , issue 41 [42]

Non-fiction

TitleYear of first publicationFirst edition publicationRef.
"Girls on Boys on Boys"2015 Fantasy , issue 59 [43]
"Ballad Land"2019Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods, edited by Naomi J. Miller and Diane Purkiss, Springer Publishing [44]

Edited volumes

TitleSeries, where applicableYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherNotes ISBN Ref.
Basilisk1980 Ace Books Illustrated by Terri Windling. 978-0-441-04820-5 [1] [2]
The Horns of Elfland 1997 Roc Books Edited with Donald G. Keller and Delia Sherman. 978-0-451-45599-4 [15]
Welcome to BordertownChronicles of the Borderlands2011 Random House Children’s Books Edited with Holly Black. 978-0-375-89745-0 [26]
TremontaineTremontaine2017 Saga Press Originally presented serially in 2016 by Serial Box. 978-1-4814-8558-6 [45] [46]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 D'ammassa 2006, p. 199.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Keller 1997b.
  3. 1 2 Keller 1997b, p. 551.
  4. ↑ Keller 1997a, p. 342.
  5. 1 2 Walton 2008.
  6. ↑ "2000 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Online . Archived from the original on February 10, 2009.
  7. ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Awards Winners by Category". Locus Online . Archived from the original on December 1, 2008.
  8. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Books, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006: Books, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 28, 2025. Gwydion's Loss of Llew, (pm) Elsewhere v2, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace 1982
  11. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  12. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003: Contents List". Locus Online . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 D'ammassa 2006, p. 200.
  15. 1 2 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Contents Lists". Locus Online . Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  16. ↑ Anders, Charlie Jane (August 25, 2021). "How "Bending the Landscape" Helped to Queer Speculative Fiction Forever". Reactor . Retrieved August 29, 2025. Bending the Landscape: Fantasy contains a novelette set in the Riverside universe called "The Fall of Kings" by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman—which was later expanded into a novel of the same title.
  17. 1 2 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007: Books, Listed by Author". Locus Online . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  18. ↑ "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Title: "A Wild and a Wicked Youth"". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Title: Dulce Domum". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Title: Last Drink Bird Head". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Title: The Children of Cadmus". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Publication: The Man with the Knives". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Title: The Duke of Riverside". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Title: History". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  26. 1 2 Tilton, Lois (May 7, 2011). "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early May". Locus Online . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  27. ↑ "Title: The Threefold World". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Title: One Last, Great Adventure". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  29. ↑ Kushner, Ellen; Wilce, Ysabeau S. (November 2015). "One Last, Great Adventure". Clarkesworld Magazine . Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2025. Originally published in Fearsome Journeys, edited by Jonathan Strahan, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Title: The Vital Importance of the Superficial". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  31. ↑ "Title: Prise de Fer". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  32. 1 2 "Publication: Tremontaine". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  33. ↑ "Title: When Two Swordsmen Meet". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  34. ↑ "Title: Beauty Sleeping". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  35. ↑ "Title: Convocation". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  36. ↑ "Title: Ambition". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  37. ↑ "Title: Dissolution". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  38. ↑ "The Book of Swords by Garth Nix (et al.)". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  39. ↑ "Title: Onward". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  40. ↑ "Title: What the River Wants". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  41. ↑ "Title: The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  42. ↑ Kushner, Ellen. "Immortal Coil". Uncanny Magazine . Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  43. ↑ "Publication: Fantasy Magazine, December 2015". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  44. ↑ Kushner, Ellen (2019), Miller, Naomi J.; Purkiss, Diane (eds.), "Ballad Land", Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 363–369, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14211-7_23, ISBN   978-3-030-14210-0
  45. ↑ "Title: Tremontaine". Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  46. ↑ "New & Notable Books, June 2017". Locus Online . June 2, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2025.

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