Ellen Klages is an American science, science fiction and historical fiction writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She had previously been nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell awards. Her first novel, The Green Glass Sea, was published by Viking Children's Books in 2006. It won the 2007 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Portable Childhoods, a collection of her short fiction published by Tachyon Publications, was named a 2008 World Fantasy Award Finalist. White Sands, Red Menace, the sequel to The Green Glass Sea, was published in Fall 2008. In 2010 her short story "Singing on a Star" was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. In 2018 her novel Passing Strange was nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Klages is also known for doing stand-up comedy and other performances as an auctioneer annually at WisCon. The WisCon Tiptree Auction is a fundraiser for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award; Klages also serves on the Board for the award. "At past Tiptree auctions, auctioneer/comedian Ellen Klages has auctioned off her own hair, Mary Doria Russell's brassiere, a hand-knitted uterus, a kangaroo-scrotum purse, a cherry pie, and a Xena lawn butt." Klages was a Guest of Honor at Wiscon 33.
Biography
Ellen Janeway Klages was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 9th, 1954 and now lives in San Francisco. She holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. In 1992 she began working at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where she was selected to co-author a children's science activity book with science fiction authorPat Murphy. Murphy encouraged Klages to write her own stories as well. Her first novelette, "Time Gypsy," was published in 1999 and was a Nebula Award Finalist and Hugo Award Finalist. Besides her writing, she also graduated from the Second City Conservatory, the Clarion South Workshop, and has served on the Motherboard of the James Tiptree Jr. Award for twenty years.
"Singing on a Star," Firebirds Soaring, edited by Sharyn November.
"A Practical Girl," Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Goodnight Moons," Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier, ed. Jonathan Strahan ; The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six, ed. Jonathan Strahan
"The Education of a Witch", Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan
"Amicae Aeternum", Reach for Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan
Historical fiction
The Green Glass Sea
White Sands, Red Menace
Out of Left Field
Non-fiction
Harbin Hot Springs: Healing Waters, Sacred Land
The Science Explorer: The Best Family Activities and Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum, with Pat Murphy, Linda Shore
The Science Explorer Out and About: Fantastic Science Experiments Your Family Can Do Anywhere, with Pat Murphy, Linda Shore
Exploratorium: A Year of Discoveries
The Brain Explorer: Puzzles, Riddles, Illusions, and other Mental Adventures, with Pat Murphy, Linda Shore and Pearl Tesler
