Elizabeth Spencer (writer)

Elizabeth Spencer
Born(1921-07-19)July 19, 1921
Carrollton, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 22, 2019(2019-12-22) (aged 98)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationBelhaven University (BA)
Vanderbilt University (MA)

Elizabeth Spencer (July 19, 1921 – December 22, 2019) was an American writer. She was born in Carrollton, Mississippi. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir (Landscapes of the Heart, 1998), and a play (For Lease or Sale, 1989).

Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was made into a movie in 1962 and made into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005.

She was a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.

Spencer's mother was the great-aunt of U.S. Senator John McCain.[1]

Spencer died on December 22, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 98.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "metronc.com". www.metronc.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Elizabeth Spencer, Author of 'The Light in the Piazza,' Dies at 98". The New York Times. December 23, 2019.

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