Books by Ellen Kushner
“All of the characters are very real. Fairy is very much the other, the numinous, the fey – the slightly cruel side of fairy that we get in those kinds of stories. Ellen Kushner is a terrific writer. I really like all her work, and she’s one of the very few Americans who’s written something set in the Scottish Borders that feels right, and doesn’t do that thing where writers don’t understand that a hundred miles is a long way. She does – she gets it.” Read more...
The Best Fairy Books for Adults
Jo Walton, Novelist
Interviews where books by Ellen Kushner were recommended
The Best Fairy Books for Adults, recommended by Jo Walton
Fairies have long stood for the numinous other, and since the twentieth century authors have put fairy tradition to a variety of uses. Award-winning author Jo Walton introduces us to five landmark stories of fairies – wide-ranging in setting and themes, but always at once alluring and discomfiting.
