Ellen Galford Explained

Ellen Galford is an American-born Scottish writer. She was born in the US and migrated to the United Kingdom in 1971, after a brief marriage in New York City. She came out in the mid-1970s. She has lived in Glasgow and London and now lives in Edinburgh with her partner. She is Jewish.^{[1] [2]} Her works include four lesbian novels:

• Moll Cutpurse, Her True History (1984)
• The Fires of Bride (1986)
• Queendom Come (1990)
• The Dyke and the Dybbuk (1993)

Galford was involved in recording Edinburgh's LGBT community history for the Remember When project.

Awards

• Winner of the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian and Gay Humor^[3]
• Finalist for the 1995 American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Award for Literature^[4]

See also

• Lesbian fiction

Notes and References

1. The Hammer and the Flute: Women, Power, and Spirit Possession By Mary Keller
2. Post-War Jewish Fiction: Ambivalence, Self Explanation and Transatlantic Connections By D. Brauner p. 186
3. Web site: 1994 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070506141525/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1992_1995.html#1994. 6 May 2007.
4. Web site: Stonewall Book Awards. 15 April 2008. 16 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080516101010/http://www.tblc.org/largo/alagay.html. dead.