Elizabeth Spencer
Novelist, Author
1921 –
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Who is Elizabeth Spencer?
Elizabeth Spencer is an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She has written a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play. Her novella The Light in the Piazza was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She is a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1921
Carrollton - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Belhaven College
( - 1942) - Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University
( - 1943) - University of Mississippi
- Bachelor of Arts, Belhaven College
- Employment
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Lived in
- Mississippi
- Chapel Hill
(1986 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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