Ellen Kushner bibliography

Ellen Kushner
bibliography
Kushner in 2010
Novels↙4
Stories↙43
Poems↙2
Children's books↙6
Non-fiction↙2
Edited volumes↙4
References and footnotes

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]

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

Title Series, where applicable Format Year of first publication First edition publisher Notes 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 Beyond Picture book 1994 Viking Press Illustrated by Richard W. Burhans. 978-0-670-84420-3 [1][8]

Novels

Title Series, where applicable Year of first publication First edition publisher Notes ISBN Ref.
Swordspoint Riverside 1987 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 Kings Riverside 2002 Bantam Spectra Written with Delia Sherman. 978-0-553-38184-9 [1]
The Privilege of the Sword Riverside 2006 Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38268-6 [9]

Poetry

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

Short fiction

Title Series, where applicable Format Year of first publication First edition publisher/publication Notes ISBN Ref.
"The Unicorn Masque" Short story 1981 Elsewhere, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Ace Books [2][1]
"Red-Cloak" Riverside Short story 1982 Whispers, vol. 5 Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [1][12]
"Charis" Chronicles of the Borderlands Novelette 1986 Borderland, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Signet Books [1]
"Lazarus" Short story 1986 Heroic Visions II, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace Books [13]
"Mockery" Chronicles of the Borderlands Novella 1986 Bordertown, edited by Mark Alan Arnold and Terri Windling, Signet Books Written with Terri Windling (credited as Bellamy Bach). [13]
"Night Laughter" Short story 1986 After Midnight, edited by Charles L. Grant, Tor Books [13]
"Lost in the Mail" Linked short stories 1991 Life on the Border, edited by Terri Windling, Tor Books [13]
"The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death" Riverside Short story 1991 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 81, no. 3 Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [2]
"Playing with Fire" Short story 1993 The Women's Press Book of New Myth and Magic, edited by Helen Windrath, The Women's Press [14]
"The Hunt of the Unicorn" Short story 1995 Peter 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 story 1995 The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, edited by Terri Windling, Tor Books [13]
"The Death of Raven" Short story 1997 The Horns of Elfland, edited by Donald G. Keller, Ellen Kushner, and Delia Sherman, Roc Books [14][15]
"The Fall of the Kings" Riverside Novelette 1997 Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, White Wolf Publishing Written with Delia Sherman. [13][16]
"The Death of the Duke" Riverside Short story 1998 Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books Collected in Swordspoint (2003), Bantam Spectra. [13]
"The House of Nine Doors" Short story 1998 Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Harper Prism [14]
"Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance" Chronicles of the Borderlands Short story 1998 The Essential Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman, Tor Books [13]
The Golden Dreydl Chapbook 2007 Charlesbridge Publishing Illustrated by Ilene Winn-Lederer. 978-1-58089-135-6 [17]
"Honoured Guest" Riverside Short story 2007 The 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 story 2009 Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Viking Press [18]
"A Wild and a Wicked Youth" Riverside Short story 2009 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 116 [19]
"Dulce Domum" Short story 2009 Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books [20]
"Last Drink Bird Head" Short story 2009 Last 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 story 2010 The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Viking Press [22]
The Man with the Knives Riverside Chapbook 2010 Temporary Culture Illustrated by Thomas Canty. 978-0-9764660-6-2 [23]
"The Duke of Riverside" Riverside Short story 2011 Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin [24]
"History" Short story 2011 Teeth: Vampire Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Harper [25]
"Welcome to Bordertown" Chronicles of the Borderlands Novella 2011 Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, Random House Children’s Books Written with Terri Windling. [26]
"The Threefold World" Short story 2012 Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Random House [27]
"One Last, Great Adventure" Short story 2013 Fearsome Journeys, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books Written with Ysabeau S. Wilce. [28][29]
"The Vital Importance of the Superficial" Short story 2013 Queen 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 story 2014 Games Creatures Play, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace Books [31]
"Arrivals" Tremontaine Short story 2015 Tremontaine, 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 story 2015 Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, edited by Bill Campbell and Nisi Shawl, Rosarium Publishing [33]
"Beauty Sleeping" Short story 2016 Angels of the Meanwhile, edited by Alexandra Erin [34]
"Convocation" Tremontaine Short story 2016 [35]
"Departures" Tremontaine Short story 2016 Tremontaine, 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" Tremontaine Short story 2017 [36]
"Dissolution" Tremontaine Short story 2017 [37]
"When I Was a Highwayman" Riverside Short story 2017 The Book of Swords, edited by Gardner Dozois, Bantam Books [38]
"Onward" Tremontaine Short story 2018 Written with Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, and Racheline Maltese. [39]
"What the River Wants" Tremontaine Short story 2018 [40]
"The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec" Riverside Short story 2020 Silk & Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology, edited by Janine A. Southard, Cantina Publishing [41]
"Immortal Coil" Short story 2021 Uncanny Magazine, issue 41 [42]

Non-fiction

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

Edited volumes

Title Series, where applicable Year of first publication First edition publisher Notes ISBN Ref.
Basilisk 1980 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 Bordertown Chronicles of the Borderlands 2011 Random House Children’s Books Edited with Holly Black. 978-0-375-89745-0 [26]
Tremontaine Tremontaine 2017 Saga Press Originally presented serially in 2016 by Serial Box. 978-1-4814-8558-6 [45][46]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Keller 1997b.
  3. ^ a b Keller 1997b, p. 551.
  4. ^ Keller 1997a, p. 342.
  5. ^ a b 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
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  12. ^ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003: Contents List". Locus Online. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c D'ammassa 2006, p. 200.
  15. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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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