Elizabeth Goudge
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Elizabeth Goudge (April 24 1900 - April 1 1984) was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.
Born in Wells, she moved with her family to Ely when her father, a clergyman, was transferred there. When her father, Henry Leighton Goudge, was made Regius Professor at Oxford, the family left Ely and went to Christ Church, Oxford.
Elizabeth's first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919), was a failure and it was several years before she authored Island Magic (1934), which is based on Channel Island stories, many of which she had learned from her mother, who was from Jersey.
Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse (1946), the book J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, said was her favorite as a child. Her Green Dolphin Country (1944), published in the US as Green Dolphin Street, was made into a film and won the MGM award.
A Diary of Prayer (1966) was one of Goudge's last works. She spent her last years in her cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames.
Bibliography: City of Bells series: A City of Bells (1936) Towers in the Mist (1938) Sister of the Angels: A Christmas Story (1939) The Dean's Watch (1960) Three Cities of Bells (omnibus) (1965)
Eliots of Damerosehay series: The Bird in the Tree (1940) The Herb of Grace (1948) aka Pilgrim's Inn The Heart of the Family (1953) The Eliots of Damerosehay (omnibus) (1957)
Novels: Island Magic (1934) The Middle Window (1935) Smokey House (1940) The Castle on the Hill (1941) The Well of the Star (1941) Henrietta's House (1942) aka The Blue Hills Green Dolphin Street (USA title) (1944) aka Green Dolphin Country (UK title) The Little White Horse (1946) Gentian Hill (1949) Make-Believe (1949) The Valley of Song (1951) The Rosemary Tree (1956) The White Witch (1958) The Scent of Water (1963) Linnets and Valerians (1964) aka The Runaways I Saw Three Ships (1969) The Child From the Sea (1970)
Collections: The Fairies' Baby: And Other Stories (1919) A Pedlar's Pack: And Other Stories (1937) Three Plays: Suomi, The Brontės of Haworth, Fanny Burney (1939) The Golden Skylark: And Other Stories (1941) The Ikon on the Wall: And Other Stories (1943) The Elizabeth Goudge Reader (1946) Songs and Verses (1947) At the Sign of the Dolphin (1947) The Reward of Faith: And Other Stories (1950) White Wings: Collected Short Stories (1952) The Ten Gifts: An Elizabeth Goudge Anthology (1965) A Christmas Book: An Anthology of Christmas Stories (1967) The Lost Angel: Stories (1971) Hampshire Trilogy (omnibus) (1976) Pattern of People: An Elizabeth Goudge Anthology (1978)
Anthologies edited: A Book of Comfort: An Anthology (1964) A Book of Peace: An Anthology (1967) A Book of Faith: An Anthology (1976) A Book of Faith: An Anthology
Non fiction: God So Loved the World: The Story of Jesus (1951) Saint Francis of Assisi (1959) aka My God and My All: The Life of St. Francis of Assisi A Diary of Prayer (1966) The Joy of the Snow: An Autobiography (1974)
Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Goudge: Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Short stories: ESP (1974)