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![]() Author: Ellen Kushner
Ellen Kushner unites her talents and insights as a writer, performer, and cultural maven in one sleek package: she is the author of acclaimed works of literary fantasy, an award-winning audio book narrator and stage performer, the creator and former host of public radio’s national series Sound & Spirit, and a popular teacher and lecturer. ![]() SPECIAL EDITION AUDIOBOOK of WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands edited by Holly Black & Ellen Kushner, with an introduction by series creator Terri Windling Now in a new SPECIAL EDITION from Brilliance Audio, featuring: Original music throughout by Drew Miller of Boiled in Lead (one of the bands that inspired the original series), created just for this audiobook Neil Gaiman reading his poem "The Song of the Song" Holly Black reading her own introduction
(including Jane Yolen's "Soulja Grrrrl: a Long Line Rap" - with beats laid down by Drew!), all scored with music by Drew Miller with singer Kari Tauring and violinist David Stenshoel Steven Brust singing lead vocals on a fully-produced track for his "Run Back Across the Border," backed by Drew Miller and Felonious Bosch Author Amal El-Mohtar's own setting of her poem "Stairs in her Hair," sung by her sister Dounya ![]() Swordspoint wins Audie Award
Ellen Kushner’s own narration of her cult-classic novel Swordspoint with an all-star cast produced by SueMedia, took this year’s Audie Award for Best Audio Drama. The sequel, The Privilege of the Sword, was an Audie Finalist. Narrated by the author and Barbara Rosenblat, it also features Felicia Day, Joe Hurley, Neil Gaiman, and Katherine Kellgren. “About as flawless as a production can be.”—Locus |