Elizabeth Goudge

Elizabeth Goudge (24 April 1900 – 1 April 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 of Divinity at Oxford, the family left Ely and went to Christ Church, Oxford.

Goudge'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 Guernsey.

Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for "The Little White Horse" (1946), the book which J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, has said was her favorite as a child. The television mini-series [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305072/ Moonacre] was based on "The Little White Horse". Her "Green Dolphin Country" (1944) was made into a film (under its American title, "Green Dolphin Street") which won the Academy Award for Special Effects in 1948.

"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, where a blue plaque was unveiled in 2008.

Bibliography

City of Bells series

*"A City of Bells" (1936)
*"Towers in the Mist" (1938)
*"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)
*"The Castle on the Hill" (1941)
*"Green Dolphin Country" (1944) aka "Green Dolphin Street" (USA title)
*"Gentian Hill" (1949)
*"The Rosemary Tree" (1956)
*"The White Witch" (1958)
*"The Scent of Water" (1963)
*"The Child From the Sea" (1970)

Children's books

*"Sister of the Angels: A Christmas Story" (1939)
*"Smokey House" (1940)
*"The Well of the Star" (1941)
*"Henrietta's House" (1942) aka "The Blue Hills"
*"The Little White Horse" (1946)
*"Make-Believe" (1949)
*"The Valley of Song" (1951)
*"Linnets and Valerians" (1964) aka "The Runaways"
*"I Saw Three Ships" (1969)

Collections

*"The Fairies' Baby: And Other Stories" (1919)
*"A Pedlar's Pack: And Other Stories" (1937)
*"Three Plays: Suomi, The Brontës 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)

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 edited by Elizabeth Goudge

*"A Book of Comfort: An Anthology" (1964)
*"A Book of Peace: An Anthology" (1967)
*"A Book of Faith: An Anthology" (1976)

Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Goudge

*"Dancing with the Dark" (1997)

hort stories

*"ESP" (1974)

External links

* [http://www.elizabethgoudge.org] The Elizabeth Goudge Society
* [http://www.elizabethgoudge.com] Elizabeth Goudge books and discussion forum