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Elizabeth Spencer

Author

Bio

Elizabeth Spencer (1921–2019) is author of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play. Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Elizabeth Spencer Books

Those Who Went Before book cover

Those Who Went Before

Elizabeth Spencer
Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England book cover

Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England

Elizabeth Spencer
The Edward Tales book cover

The Edward Tales

Elizabeth Spencer
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (LOA #344) book cover

Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (LOA #344)

Elizabeth Spencer
The Southern Woman book cover

The Southern Woman

Elizabeth Spencer
Why I Like This Story book cover

Why I Like This Story

Jackson R. Bryer
Justice Unending book cover

Justice Unending

Elizabeth Spencer
No Place for an Angel: A Novel book cover

No Place for an Angel: A Novel

Elizabeth Spencer
Starting Over: Stories book cover

Starting Over: Stories

Elizabeth Spencer
The Southern Woman book cover

The Southern Woman

Elizabeth Spencer
Landscapes of the Heart book cover

Landscapes of the Heart

Elizabeth Spencer
The Salt Line book cover

The Salt Line

Elizabeth Spencer
The Voice at the Back Door book cover

The Voice at the Back Door

Elizabeth Spencer
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