Ellen Klages

1 series 3 books in order

Ellen Klages is the author of two acclaimed historical novels: The Green Glass Sea, which won the Scott O'Dell Award and the New Mexico Book Award; and White Sands, Red Menace, which won the California and New Mexico Book awards. Her story "Basement Magic" won a Nebula Award, and "Wakulla Springs," co-authored with Andy Duncan, was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus awards, and won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. She is a graduate of Second City's Improv program, and has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, leading to many odd jobs that began with the letter P (proofreader, photographer, painter, pinball arcade manager). She lives in San Francisco, in a small house full of strange and wondrous things.

Known for
The Gordon Family Saga

Series by Ellen Klages

The Gordon Family Saga

3 books in order · 2006–2018

  1. Cover of The Green Glass Sea

    The Green Glass Sea

    2006 · Ellen Klages

    A heartfelt story of a budding friendship in the thick of the war--winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction It's 1943, and…

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  2. Cover of White Sands, Red Menace

    White Sands, Red Menace

    2008 · Ellen Klages

    In this sequel to the award-winning The Green Glass Sea, a determined young girl grapples with questions of identity in the midst of post-World War…

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    Out of Left Field

    2018 · Ellen Klages

    A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field! Every boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their…

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