Ellen Klages is a science fiction

Science fiction

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 writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

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. She had previously been nominated for Hugo

Hugo Award

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, Nebula

Nebula Award

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, and Campbell

John W. Campbell

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 awards. Her first (non-genre) 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

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

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. Portable Childhoods, a collection of her short fiction published by Tachyon Publications

Tachyon Publications

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, was named a 2008 World Fantasy Award

World Fantasy Award

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 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

World Fantasy Award

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External links

• Official page
• Biographical profile at SciFi.com