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Ellen Douglas is the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (born July 12, 1921), an American author.[1] Her book Apostles of Light was a National Book Award nominee.

She was born in Natchez, Mississippi and grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942.[2]

Selected bibliography

  • A Family's Affairs (1961)
  • Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories (1963)
  • "On the Lake," in Prize Stories 1963 (1963)
  • Where The Dreams Cross (1968)
  • Apostles of Light (1973)
  • The Rock Cried Out (1979)
  • A Lifetime Burning (1982)
  • A Long Night (1986)
  • The Magic Carpet and Other Tales (1987)
  • Can't Quit You, Baby (1988)
  • Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell (1998)
  • Witnessing (2004) University Press of Mississippi

References

  1. ^ Paterson, Judith (July 10, 1988). Southern Discomforts. Washington Post
  2. ^ Associated Press (June 9, 2008). Author Ellen Douglas to be honored. USA Today