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Ellen Douglas was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton (July 12, 1921 – November 7, 2012), an American author.[1] Her book Apostles of Light was a National Book Award nominee.
Douglas was born in Natchez, Mississippi and grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942.[2]
Douglas died of heart failure at the age of 91 on November 7, 2012.[3]
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
- ^ Paterson, Judith (July 10, 1988). Southern Discomforts. Washington Post
- ^ Associated Press (June 9, 2008). Author Ellen Douglas to be honored. USA Today
- ^ "Miss. author Ellen Douglas dies at 91; was National Book Award nominee for "Apostles of Light"". The Washington Post. November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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