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Ellen Klages

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female

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The United States

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http://ellenklages.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ellen Klages was born in Ohio, and now lives in San Francisco.

Her short fiction has appeared in science fiction and fantasy anthologies and magazines, both online and in print, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Black Gate, and Firebirds Rising. Her story, "Basement Magic," won the Best Novelette Nebula Award in 2005. Several of her other stories have been on the final ballot for the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and have been reprinted in various Year’s Best volumes.

She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award, and is a graduate of the Clarion South writing workshop.

Her first novel The Green Glass Sea, about two misfit eleven-year-old girls living in Los Alamos during WWII,...more

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avg rating: 3.97 | 1,422 ratings | 422 reviews | 16 distinct works | 10 fans

	The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages avg rating 4.05 — 668 ratings — published 2006 5 editions	my rating:
	Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Sharyn November (Editor), Diana Wynne Jones (contributor), Ellen Klages (contributor), Sharon Shinn (contributor), Patricia A. McKillip (contributor), Emma Bull (Goodreads author) (contributor), Kelly Link (contributor), Tamora Pierce (Goodreads author) (contributor) more... Nina Kiriki Hoffman (contributor), Alison Goodman (contributor), Charles de Lint (contributor), Kara Dalkey (contributor), Alan Dean Foster (contributor), Carol Emshwiller (contributor), Francesca Lia Block (contributor), Tanith Lee (contributor), Pamela Dean (contributor) [close] avg rating 3.93 — 286 ratings — published 2006 4 editions	my rating:
	White Sands, Red Menace by Ellen Klages avg rating 3.94 — 152 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales by Ellen Datlow (editor), Steve Berman (contributor), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (contributor), Ellen Klages (contributor), Delia Sherman (contributor), Patricia A. McKillip (contributor), Terri Windling (editor /introduction), Richard Bowes (contributor) more... Charles Vess (illustrator / cover artist), Pat Murphy (contributor), Carolyn Dunn (contributor), Elizabeth E. Wein(Goodreads author) (contributor), Kim Antieau (contributor), Will Shetterly (contributor), Kelly Link (contributor), Theodora Goss (contributor), Holly Black (contributor), Charles de Lint (contributor), Carol Emshwiller (contributor), Katherine Vaz (contributor), Jedediah Berry(Goodreads author) (contributor), Caroline Stevermeyer (contributor), Jeffrey Ford (contributor), Midori Snyder (contributor), Jane Yolen (contributor), Michael Cadnum (contributor), Kij Johnson (contributor), Ellen Kushner (contributor), Christopher Barzak(Goodreads author) (Contributor) [close] avg rating 3.88 — 110 ratings — published 2007 3 editions	my rating:
	Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction by Sharyn November (Editor), Louise Marley (Contributor), Nick O'Donohoe (Contributor), Sherwood Smith (Goodreads author) (Contributor), Elizabeth E. Wein (Goodreads author) (Contributor), Kara Dalkey (Contributor), Nancy Springer (Contributor), Jane Yolen (Contributor) more... Laurel Winter (Contributor), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Contributor), Marly Youmans (Contributor), Adam Stemple (Contributor), Mike Dringenberg (Illustrator), Clare Bell(Goodreads author) (Contributor), Nancy Farmer (Contributor), Christopher Barzak(Goodreads author) (Contributor), Chris Roberson(Goodreads author) (Contributor), Ellen Klages (Contributor), Candas Jane Dorsey (Contributor), Margo Lanagan (Contributor), Jo Walton (Contributor), Carol Emshwiller (Contributor) [close] avg rating 3.75 — 67 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages avg rating 4.16 — 56 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Writing by Nicola Griffith (Editor / Contributor), Stephen Pagel (Editor / Contributor), J.K. Potter (Artist), Keith Hartman (Contributor), Rebecca Ore (Contributor), Mark McLaughlin (Contributor), Ellen Klages (Contributor), Denise Lopes Heald (Contributor) more... Nancy Johnston (Contributor), Kathleen O'Malley (Contributor), Stephen Baxter (Contributor), Allen Steele (Contributor), Charles Sheffield (Contributor), L. Timmel Duchamp (Contributor), Richard A. Bamberg (Contributor), Ralph A. Sperry (Contributor), Carrie Richerson (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), Wendy Rathbone (Contributor), Shariann Lewitt (Contributor), Don Bassingthwaite (Contributor), Mark W. Tiedemann(Goodreads author) (Contributor), Elisabeth Vonarburg (Contributor), Jim Grimsley (Contributor) [close] avg rating 3.66 — 32 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Horror Writing by Nicola Griffith (Editor / Contributor), Stephen Pagel (Editor / Contributor), J.K. Potter (Artist), Kraig Blackwelder (Contributor), Carrie Richerson (Contributor), Ellen Klages (Contributor), Holly Wade Matter (Contributor), Gary Bowen (Contributor) more... Brian A. Hopkins (Contributor), James van Pelt (Contributor), A.J. Potter (Contributor), Alexi Smart (Contributor), Leslie What(Goodreads author) (Contributor), Alexis Glynn Latner (Contributor), Barbara Hambly (Contributor), Kathleen O'Malley (Contributor), Keith Hartman (Contributor), Mark W. Tiedemann(Goodreads author) (Contributor) [close] avg rating 3.53 — 15 ratings — published 2001 2 editions	my rating:
	WHAT REMAINS by Ellen Klages avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2009	my rating:
	When the Right Answer Is a Question: Students as explainers at the Exploratorium by Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002	my rating:
	The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Harbin Hot Springs: Healing Waters, Sacred Land by Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1991	my rating:
	Facilitating the Exploratorium Framework by Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	The Brain Explorer by Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	The Science Explorer Out and About: Fantastic Science Experiments Your Family Can Do Anywhere! (Science Explorer Bk 2) by Pat Murphy, Linda Shore, Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997	my rating:
	The Science Explorer: Family Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum (Science Explorer Series) by Pat Murphy, Linda Shore, Ellen Klages avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1996	my rating:

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"She still had all of her marbles, though every one of them was a bit odd and rolled asymmetrically."
— Ellen Klages (Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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"At least once a week, Dinsy was amused by the indignant sputtering of someone who had just spooned dill weed, not sugar, into a cup of Earl Grey tea."
— Ellen Klages

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"She thought for a minute about going back, but decided that maybe being wet on a sort-of adventure was better than being dry and bored for sure."
— Ellen Klages (Portable Childhoods)

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