Ellen Klages

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Ellen Klages at the 2007 World Fantasy Convention

Ellen Klages (* 9. July 1954 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American author of historical and science fiction - novels , in San Francisco lives. She has been nominated for the Hugo , Nebula and Campbell Awards several times. Her first non-science fiction novel, The Green Glass Sea , was published by Viking Children's Books in 2006 and won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 2007 .

Portable Childhoods , a collection of her shorter works, was a finalist at the 2008 World Fantasy Awards . Her short story Singing on a Star was also nominated for a 2010 World Fantasy Award.

biography

Ellen Janeway Klages was born on July 9, 1954 in Columbus, Ohio and now lives in San Francisco. She has a degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan . In 1992 she started working for the San Francisco Exploratorium . She co-wrote a science activity book for children with Pat Murphy . Murphy encouraged Klages to write his own works as well. Her first novella, Time Gypsy , was published in 1999 and was a finalist in both the Nebula and Hugo Awards. In addition to her work as a writer, she attended the Clarion South Writers' Workshop and was on the organizing committee of the James Tiptree, Jr. Awards for 20 years . Klages is known for being an auctioneer for stand-up comedy and other performances at WisCon every year . The WisCon Tiptree auction is a fundraiser for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. At Tiptree auctions, she auctioned her own hair, a Mary Doria Russell bra, a hand-knitted uterus, a kangaroo scrotum wallet and a cherry pie. In 2009 Klages was the guest of honor at the 33rd WisCon.

Awards (selection)

Works

Story collections

  • Portable Childhoods , Tachyon Publications , 2007
    • Basement Magic (2003 novella)
    • Intelligent Design (2005 short story)
    • The Green Glass Sea (2004 short story)
    • Clip Art (2007 Short Story)
    • Triangle (2001 short story)
    • The Feed Bag (2003 poem)
    • Flying Over Water (2000 short story)
    • Möbius, Stripped of a Muse (2007 short story)
    • Time Gypsy (1998 novella)
    • Be Prepared (2002 short story)
    • Travel Agency (2002 short story)
    • A Taste of Summer (2002 short story)
    • Ringing Up Baby (2006 short story)
    • Guys Day Out (2005 short story)
    • Portable Childhoods (2007 novella)
    • In the House of the Seven Librarians (2006 novella)
  • Wicked Wonders , Tachyon Publications, 2017
    • Foreword by Karen Joy Fowler
    • The Education of a Witch
    • Amicae Aeternum
    • Mrs. Zeno's paradox
    • Singing on a star
    • Hey Presto
    • Echoes of Aurora
    • Friday Night at St. Cecilia's
    • Caligo Lane
    • Goodnight Moons
    • Gone to the Library
    • Household Management
    • Sponda the Suet Girl and the Secret of the French Pearl
    • Woodsmoke
    • The Scary Ham
    • Afterword: Why I Write Short Fiction

Novellas

  • Time Gypsy
  • Basement Magic
  • In the House of the Seven Librarians

Short stories

  • Flying Over Water , 2000
  • Triangle , 2001
  • Travel Agency , 2002
  • A Taste of Summer , 2002
  • Be Prepared , 2002
  • Green Glass Sea , 2004
  • Intelligent Design , 2005
  • Guys Day Out , 2005
  • Ringing Up Baby , 2006
  • Friday Night at St. Cecilia's , 2007
  • Mrs. Zeno's Paradox , 2007
  • Echoes of Aurora , 2009
  • Singing on a Star , 2009
  • A Practical Girl , 2009
  • Goodnight Moons , 2011
  • The Education of a Witch , 2012
  • Amicae Aeternum , 2014

Historical novels

  • The Green Glass Sea , 2006
  • White Sands, Red Menace , 2008
  • Out of Left Field , 2018

Non-fiction

  • Harbin Hot Springs: Healing Waters, Sacred Land , 1991
  • The Science Explorer: The Best Family Activities and Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum , with Pat Murphy, 1996
  • The Science Explorer Out and About: Fantastic Science Experiments Your Family Can Do Anywhere , with Pat Murphy, 1997
  • Exploratorium: A Year of Discoveries , 1997
  • The Brain Explorer: Puzzles, Riddles, Illusions, and other Mental Adventures , with Pat Murphy, 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://de.wikipedia.org ( Memento from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ World Fantasy Convention: 2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees . 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ellen Klages: Childhood Darkness , Locus Magazine, March 2007
  4. ↑ Amazon.com Kage's profile accessed on 27-01-2013
  5. ↑ Ellen Klages: Short Fiction Bibliography, accessed 9-8-2018
  6. ↑ About Ellen Klages , accessed August 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ WisCon Day 3 - Report 8 , accessed on January 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ WISCON Special Events: Tiptree Auction , accessed on January 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ WisCon 33 , accessed on May 14, 2019 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Klages, Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus (Ohio)