Ellen Galford

Ellen Galford

Ellen Galford is an American-born Scottish writer. She was born in the US and migrated to the UK in 1971, after a brief marriage in New York. She came out in the mid-1970s. She has lived in Glasgow and London and now lives in Edinburgh with her partner. 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 [ [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1992_1995.html#1994 1994 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients] ]
*Finalist for the 1995 American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Award for Literature [ [http://www.tblc.org/largo/alagay.html Stonewall Book Awards] ]

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