Is Ellen Klages From Jeopardy Married? Explore Her Wiki & Family Life

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Ellen Klages is a new Jeopardy contestant appearing on the longest-running quiz game show this season. Her episode will air on 22 May 2024.

Jeopardy is a quiz competition show that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. The contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the clue describes, phrasing each response in the form of a question.


With a weekly audience of 23 million viewers, it is the top-rated quiz show on television. Furthermore, it has won numerous awards and distinctions over the course of more than 30 years on the air, including the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Game Show.

In 2013, the show was ranked No. 45 on TV Guide‘s list of the 60 greatest shows in American television history. Likewise, it has also gained a worldwide following with regional adaptations in many other countries.

Now, let’s learn about the Jeopardy contestant Ellen Klages which covers her wiki, family background, profession, marital status & personal life details.

Who Is Ellen Klages From Jeopardy?

Ellen Klages is a science, science fiction, and historical fiction writer from San Francisco, California. She is appearing as a Jeopardy contestant in the 22 May episode this season.

There, she will be competing against a returning champion Chris D’Amico, a verifications specialist from Lakewood, Ohio. Furthermore, her other competitor will be Amar Kakirde, a graduate student from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey.

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Ellen Klages will be facing a returning champion Chris D’Amico, and Amar Kakirde on the new Jeopardy episode on 22 May 2024. (Via Jeopardy.com)

Chris is a new one-day champion who ended the winning streak of four-day champion Grant DeYoung. Grant returned on the 21 May episode with a four-day winnings of $81,203.

Ellen Klages Wiki, Early Life & Family

Born on July 9, 1954, Ellen is 69 years old now. She goes by the full name Ellen Janeway Klages and her birthplace is Columbus, Ohio.

As per wiki, her parents were John W. Klages and Virginia Booze Klages. Her parents got married on February 14, 1948. John was in the military and served during WWII in the European theatre. Later, he served as the President of the Columbus Auto Parts Company.

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Ellen Klages pictured with her mother Virginia in her early days. Virginia died at the age of 67 on 21 April 1993. (Via Ellen’s Facebook)

Klages first lost her mother Virginia in the year 1993. Furthermore, her father John died after a brief illness at Mt. Carmel West Hospital on April 8, 2008. She has two younger sisters named Mary Klages and Sally Klages. Mary has been serving as an English professor at the University of Colorado for more than 30 years.

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Ellen in a childhood picture in the year 1960. (Via Ellen’s Facebook)

Ellen pursued her high school education at Bexley High School, graduating in the year 1972. She then obtained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1976.

Ellen Klages Job: She Is A Fiction Writer

Ellen is a science, science fiction, and historical fiction writer. In 2006, she published her first novel The Green Glass Sea, which won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Moreover, it won the Lopez Award for Children’s Literature and the New Mexico State Book Award for Young Adult Literature.


Two years later, she published its sequel White Sands, Red Menace which won the California and New Mexico Book awards in the Young Adult category. In 2018, she released her third novel, Out of Left Field, which won the Ohioana Book Award and the Children’s History Book Prize.

Klages novelette, “Basement Magic,” won the Nebula Award in 2005, and her novella, “Wakulla Springs,” (co-authored with Andy Duncan) won the World Fantasy Award in 2014. Furthermore, in 2017, she released a novelette, “Passing Strange” which won the British Fantasy Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Gaylactic Spectrum Award.

Besides, she graduated from the Second City Conservatory, the Clarion South Workshop and served for twenty years on the Motherboard of the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award. She also performs stand-up comedy and other performances as an auctioneer annually at WisCon.

Ellen Klages Husband: Is She Married?

Klages is unmarried and enjoying her singlehood so far. She does not seem to be involved in any relationships in the past.

The 69-year-old is an active social media user and has a presence on both Twitter and Facebook. There, she keeps sharing posts related to her professional life and throwback pictures of her early life and family.

Ellen now resides in a small house full of old toys and vintage magazines in San Francisco. Moreover, she has a cluttered studio where she makes strange and wondrous things.

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