🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Ellen Klages
In the year 1992, she started working at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where she got selected to co-write a children’s science activity book with Pat Murphy, a science fiction author. Murphy encouraged her to write her own stories too. “The Green Glass Sea” won the New Mexico State Book Award for Young Adult Literature, the Lopez Award for Children’s Literature, and the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. It was also a finalist for the Locus Award, and the Northern California Book Award, and the Quills Award. A sequel, “White Sands, Red Menace”, won the New Mexico and California Book awards in the Young Adult category. “Wakulla Springs” won the World Fantasy Award in 2014 and her novelette “Basement Magic” won the Nebula in 2005.
All Book Series by Ellen Klages
Wakulla Springs
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2018 Co-authored · Andy Duncan
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 1998
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
Book 12 of 16 · published 2014
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
Book 14 of 16 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ellen Klages?
In the year 1992, she started working at the San Francisco Exploratorium, where she got selected to co-write a children’s science activity book with Pat Murphy, a science fiction author. Murphy encouraged her to write her own stories too. “The Green Glass Sea” won the New Mexico State Book Award for Young Adult Literature, the Lopez Award for Children’s Literature, and the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. It was also a finalist for the Locus Award, and the Northern California Book Award, and the Quills Award.
Which Ellen Klages series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Gordon Family Saga series, the earliest of Ellen Klages's multi-book series: it opens with The Green Glass Sea (2006) and runs to 3 books across 2006–2018, ending with Out of Left Field (2018).
How many books has Ellen Klages written?
Ellen Klages has 29 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2022. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Gordon Family Saga series with 3 books — and 26 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ellen Klages's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ellen Klages's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Gordon Family Saga (2006–2018, 3 books).
How are Ellen Klages's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ellen Klages's 29 books into 1 named series and 26 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Gordon Family Saga (3 books, 2006–2018).