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Ellen Kushner




Ellen Kushner

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American writer of fantasy novels, and the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, distributed by Public Radio International.

She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, Delia Sherman. Her first novel, Swordspoint (1987), and its sequel (co-authored by Sherman) The Fall of the Kings (2002), are mannerpunk novels set in a nameless imaginary capital city, and its raffish district of Riverside, where swordsmen-for-hire ply their trade. She has written another sequel set 18 years after Swordspoint, called The Privilege of the Sword, which was published in July 2006.

Kushner's second novel, Thomas the Rhymer, won the World Fantasy Award and the Mythopoeic Award in 1991. She has also published sho...more




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avg rating: 3.77 | 1,673 ratings | 265 reviews | 23 distinct works | 11 fans
Swordspoint Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.96 — 492 ratings — published 1987
10 editions
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The Privilege of the Sword The Privilege of the Sword
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.84 — 347 ratings — published 2006
7 editions
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Thomas the Rhymer Thomas the Rhymer
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.65 — 206 ratings — published 1990
9 editions
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The Fall of The Kings The Fall of The Kings
by Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman
avg rating 3.46 — 184 ratings — published 2002
5 editions
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Outlaws of Sherwood Forest Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (Choose Your Own Adventure, #47)
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.79 — 14 ratings — published 1985
2 editions
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Mystery of the Secret Room Mystery of the Secret Room (Choose Your Own Adventure, #63)
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.25 — 12 ratings — published 1986
2 editions
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Statue of Liberty Adventure Statue of Liberty Adventure (Choose Your Own Adventure, #58)
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 2.89 — 9 ratings — published 1986
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Knights of the Round Table Knights of the Round Table (Choose Your Own Adventure, #86)
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 1988
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Swords of Riverside Swords of Riverside
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2006
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The Enchanted Kingdom The Enchanted Kingdom (Choose Your Own Adventure, #56)
by Ellen Kushner
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1986
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"There's the road to heaven, and there's the road to hell, and there? That's the road to Faerie."
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"Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion."
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"And Ferris had watched Alec go past him out of the door noted the bones...but he never would have connected that ragged man with the honey-and-acid creature who'd insulted him at Diane's house."
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