Ellen Klages books

Ellen Klages is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for The Green Glass Sea, the Gordon Family Saga, and award-winning short fiction.

Anthologies

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Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction 1998 Buy
Bending the Landscape: Horror 2001 Buy
Firebirds Rising 2005 Buy
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales 2007 Buy
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 2007 Buy
TwentiethAnnual Collection 2007 Buy
Firebirds Soaring 2009 Buy
Crucified Dreams 2011 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013 Buy
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
The Time Traveler’s Almanac 2013 Buy
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine 2014 Buy
The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 2015 Buy
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore 2017 Buy
Someone in Time 2022 Buy

Collections

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Portable Childhoods 2007 Buy
What Remains 2009 Buy
Wicked Wonders 2017 Buy

Non-Fiction

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Harbin Hot Springs 1991 Buy
Exploratorium 1997 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

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Time Gypsy 1998 Buy
In the House of the Seven Librarians 2007 Buy
Singing on a Star 2009 Buy
Wakulla Springs 2018 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Passing Strange 2017 Buy

The Gordon Family Saga Reading Order

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2006 N/A
The Green Glass Sea 2006 Buy
White Sands, Red Menace 2008 Buy
Out of Left Field 2018 Buy

Ellen Klages writes science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her Gordon Family Saga, beginning with The Green Glass Sea (2006), follows a girl growing up in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project and won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The series continued with White Sands, Red Menace (2008) and Out of Left Field (2018).

Klages is also a prolific short fiction writer whose stories have appeared in dozens of anthologies and year’s-best collections. Her collections Portable Childhoods (2007) and Wicked Wonders (2017) gather her award-winning shorter work. She has been a fixture at science fiction conventions and served as mistress of ceremonies at the Hugo Awards.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Ellen Klages written?

Ellen Klages has written 29 books across six series.

What was Ellen Klages's first book?

Ellen Klages’s first book is Harbin Hot Springs, published in 1991.

What has Ellen Klages won awards for?

Ellen Klages has won multiple awards for her short fiction, including the Nebula Award for “Basement Magic” and the World Fantasy Award. Her novel The Green Glass Sea won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

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