Gafilk 2010 Super Secret Guests: Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
Rob Wynne
Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner!
Ellen Kushner and Delia ShermanEllen Kushner is a woman of many talents.
She's an award-winning author (Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners, Thomas
the Rhymer, The Privilege of the Sword, The Golden Dreydl, and The Fall of
Kings, co-written with Delia Sherman) as well as the radio host of PRI's
Sound & Spirit, which Bill Moyers called "the best program on public radio,
bar none." Ellen is the co-founder of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, an
organization encouraging creativity that falls between genre categories.
She is well known for spoken word works such as Esther: the Feast of Masks
with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, and The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer
'Nutcracker' for Chanukah In 2008, Vital Theatre in New York City
commissioned her to script a fullscale theatrical version. "The Klezmer
Nutcracker" played to sold-out audiences, with Kushner in the role of the
magical Tante Miriam, throughout the 2008-09 holiday season. And she sings,
too! Ellen performs a musical telling of Thomas the Rhymer. If you're
lucky, you'll be able to see this wonderful work performed here at GAFilk.
Ellen is currently working on a live staged version of The Witches of
Lublin and a musical, The Bone Chandelier, with composer Ben Moore. You can
read more about her at her website http://www.ellenkushner.com/
Ellen currently lives in New York City with her beautiful partner...
Delia Sherman is ALSO an award-winning novelist (Through a Brazen Mirror,
The Porcelain Dove, Changeling, The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen, and
The Freedom Maze, a time-travel fantasy set in Louisiana, which will be
published in 2010.) Her short fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy and
Poe. Her short stories for younger readers have appeared in numerous
anthologies. Delia has judged the Crawford Award for Best First Fantasy
Novel, The James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Fantastic Fiction, and the World
Fantasy Award. She has served on the Motherboard of the James Tiptree Jr.
Award, and is a founding member and past officer of the Interstitial Arts
Foundation. Delia has worked as a contributing editor for Tor Books and has
co-edited the fantasy anthology The Horns of Elfland with Ellen Kushner and
Donald G. Keller, as well as The Essential Bordertown with Terri Windling.
She had co-edited two anthologies of Interstitial fiction: Interficitons 1,
with Theodora Goss, and the recently released Interfictions 2, with
Christopher Barzak. She teaches SF and Fantasy writing at Odyssey: the
Fantasy Writing Workshop, and the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy
Writers' Workshop, as well as workshops at colleges and science fiction
conventions all over the country. She is a charming person and a snazzy
dresser. Learn more about Delia at her website, http://www.deliasherman.com/
You can get more information about Gafilk,and register for the convention,
online at http://www.gafilk.org/
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Rob Wynne / The Autographed Cat / d...@america.net
http://www.autographedcat.com/ / http://autographedcat.livejournal.com/
Gafilk 2010: Jan 8-10, 2010 - Atlanta, GA - http://www.gafilk.org/
Aphelion - Original SF&F since 1997 - http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/
Brenda Sutton
> Our Super Secret Guests are...
>
> Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner!
>
> Ellen Kushner and Delia ShermanEllen Kushner is a woman of many talents.
> She's an award-winning author (Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners, Thomas
> the Rhymer, The Privilege of the Sword, The Golden Dreydl, and The Fall of
> Kings, co-written with Delia Sherman) as well as the radio host of PRI's
> Sound & Spirit, which Bill Moyers called "the best program on public radio,
> bar none." Ellen is the co-founder of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, an
> organization encouraging creativity that falls between genre categories.
> She is well known for spoken word works such as Esther: the Feast of Masks
> with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, and The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer
> 'Nutcracker' for Chanukah In 2008, Vital Theatre in New York City
> commissioned her to script a fullscale theatrical version. "The Klezmer
> Nutcracker" played to sold-out audiences, with Kushner in the role of the
> magical Tante Miriam, throughout the 2008-09 holiday season. And she sings,
> too! Ellen performs a musical telling of Thomas the Rhymer. If you're
> lucky, you'll be able to see this wonderful work performed here at GAFilk.
> Ellen is currently working on a live staged version of The Witches of
> Lublin and a musical, The Bone Chandelier, with composer Ben Moore. You can
>
> Ellen currently lives in New York City with her beautiful partner...
>
> Delia Sherman is ALSO an award-winning novelist (Through a Brazen Mirror,
> The Porcelain Dove, Changeling, The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen, and
> The Freedom Maze, a time-travel fantasy set in Louisiana, which will be
> published in 2010.) Her short fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy and
> Poe. Her short stories for younger readers have appeared in numerous
> anthologies. Delia has judged the Crawford Award for Best First Fantasy
> Novel, The James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Fantastic Fiction, and the World
> Fantasy Award. She has served on the Motherboard of the James Tiptree Jr.
> Award, and is a founding member and past officer of the Interstitial Arts
> Foundation. Delia has worked as a contributing editor for Tor Books and has
> co-edited the fantasy anthology The Horns of Elfland with Ellen Kushner and
> Donald G. Keller, as well as The Essential Bordertown with Terri Windling.
> She had co-edited two anthologies of Interstitial fiction: Interficitons 1,
> with Theodora Goss, and the recently released Interfictions 2, with
> Christopher Barzak. She teaches SF and Fantasy writing at Odyssey: the
> Fantasy Writing Workshop, and the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy
> Writers' Workshop, as well as workshops at colleges and science fiction
> conventions all over the country. She is a charming person and a snazzy
>
> You can get more information about Gafilk,and register for the convention,
>
> --
> Rob Wynne / The Autographed Cat / d...@america.nethttp://www.autographedcat.com//http://autographedcat.livejournal.com/
> Gafilk 2010: Jan 8-10, 2010 - Atlanta, GA -http://www.gafilk.org/
> Aphelion - Original SF&F since 1997 -http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/
In conversations with Ellen and Delia, I have learned that, not only
does Ellen sing, but Delia does, too! I have always enjoyed the
writing of these accomplished ladies. I just never realized how very
accomplished they are in areas other than the written and spoken
word. Can't wait to see them!