Hart, Ellen
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Ellen Hart is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, as well as a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction. Entertainment Weekly recently named her one of the "101 movers and shakers in the gay entertainment industry." For the last eleven years, Ellen has taught "An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery" through the Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation. Ellen lives in Minneapolis with her partner of 30 years.
"Hart has created a wealth of traditional mysteries with modern sensibilities and a distinctly literary edge. In a very real sense, she has become our gay Agatha Christie." -Sandra Scoppettone, award-winning author of the Lauren Laurano mystery series
One of the 101 Movers and Shakers in the gay entertainment industry.
Hart distinguishes the (mystery) form with a keen combination of skillful prose and above standard plot.
Hart delivers vivid, off-the-beaten-track characters and enough clues and layers of intrigue to keep the pages turning.
In addition to more than ten shortlisted titles, winners for Lesbian Mystery include A Small Sacrifice, Robber's Wine, Hunting the Witch, Immaculate Midnight and Merchant of Venus.
Ellen Hart: 100 Women We Love, Class of 2010
Ellen Hart: Trailblazer Award, 2010.
Jane Lawless: Top Ten Heroine! "Automatically cool."







