The New York Review of SF readings for December 4 continue an annual tradition of having a family reading with Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, and [Name removed by request of author] as host.

Delia Sherman writes stories and novels for younger readers and adults. Her most recent short stories have appeared in the young adult anthology Steampunk! and in Ellen Datlow’s Naked City.

Ellen Kushner is a novelist, performer and public radio personality.  Her award-winning novels include the “mannerpunk” cult classic Swordspoint and Thomas the Rhymer.  With Holly Black, she recently co-edited Welcome to Bordertown, a revival of the original urban fantasy shared world series created by Terri Windling. Kushner is the longtime host of the public radio show “Sound & Spirit.” Audiobook recordings of her first two “Riverside” novels, Swordspoint and The Privilege of the Sword, featuring Kushner as narrator, were released this year by Neil Gaiman Presents for Audible.com.

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Delia Sherman

Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner will help celebrate the season at the NYRSF Reading on December 6.

Delia Sherman’s most recent short stories have appeared in the young adult anthology Steampunk! and in Ellen Datlow’s Naked City. She’s written three novels for adults: Through a Brazen Mirror, The Porcelain Dove, and The Fall of the Kings (with Ellen Kushner). Her newest novel, The Freedom Maze, is a time-travel historical about antebellum Louisiana. When not on the road (one of her favorite places to be), she lives in a rambling apartment in New York City with partner Ellen Kushner.

Ellen Kushner’s first novel, Swordspoint, introduced readers to the city to which she has since returned in The Privilege of the Sword (Locus Award & Nebula nominee), The Fall of the Kings (written with Delia Sherman), and a handful of short stories, most recently “The Duke of Riverside” in Ellen Datlow’s Naked Cities. She has just finished recording Swordspoint as an audiobook for Audible.com/ACX’s new “Neil Gaiman Presents” list. Her second novel, Thomas the Rhymer, won the Mythopoeic and World Fantasy Awards. Kushner is also the longtime host of the public radio show Sound & Spirit.

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Ellen Kushner

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