Awards & Winners

Ellen Hart

Date of Birth 1949-08
Place of Birth Minneapolis
(Minnesota, United States of America, Area code 218, Area code 612)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ellen. Hart
Profession Writer
Ellen Hart is the award-winning mystery author of the Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenaway series. She was born in Minneapolis, MN in August 1949. A professional chef for 14 years, Hart's mysteries include culinary elements similar to those of Diane Mott Davidson. The author says of her work, "I don't write about the Mean Streets. I don't live there .... I don't do lots of blood and gore. I don't do sex scenes in any great detail. I'd never kill a dog or a cat. I guess you could call my style, maximal suspense and minimal gore." Hart is openly lesbian. Her Jane Lawless series features a lesbian restaurateur and her smart mouth best friend, Cordelia Thorn. The Jane Lawless series began in 1989 and is an early Post-Stonewall example of the mystery genre in Lesbian literature. Hart's novels deal with GLBT issues and five of the Lawless series have won Lambda Literary Awards. Dubbed the "lesbian answer to Agatha Christie," for her Jane Lawless series, Hart also pens the culinary Sophie Greenway mystery series. She frequently tours and lectures on the craft of mystery writing. She has contributed to numerous crime writer anthologies including Resort to Murder: Thirteen More Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Writers.

Awards by Ellen Hart

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ellen Hart.

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Sweet Poison

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Women's Mystery The Mortal Groove: A Jane Lawless Mystery

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Night Vision: A Jane Lawless Mystery

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery The Iron Girl: A Jane Lawless Mystery

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery An Intimate Ghost

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Immaculate Midnight

2001


Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery
Honored for : Merchant of Venus

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Merchant of Venus

1999


Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery
Honored for : Hunting the Witch

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Hunting the Witch

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Wicked Games: A Jane Lawless Mystery

1996


Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery
Honored for : Robber's Wine: A Jane Lawless Mystery

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Robber's Wine: A Jane Lawless Mystery

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Faint Praise: A Jane Lawless Mystery

1994


Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery
Honored for : A Small Sacrifice: A Jane Lawless Mystery

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery A Small Sacrifice: A Jane Lawless Mystery

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Stage Fright

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Hallowed Murder