Ellen Gray Massey
Ellen Massey (November 14, 1921 – July 13, 2014) was an American writer and schoolteacher. She was raised near Nevada, Missouri, and spent some time in Washington D.C. Massey acquired a bachelor's degree in English at the University of Maryland, before moving back to Missouri, settling in the Lebanon area. She oversaw a class of high school Sophomores through Seniors who produced Bittersweet, the Ozark Quarterly magazine.[1]
Works
Ellen Massey wrote many books, including the following titles:
- Papa's Gold (2013)
- Footprints in the Ozarks: A Memoir (2011)
- Morning in Nicodemus (2009)
- Her Enemies Blue and Gray (2008)
- New Hope (2004)
- Family Fun and Games: A Hundred Year Tradition (2001)
- The Burnt District (2001)
- Borderland-Homecoming (2000)
- Music of My Soul (1998)
- And Tyler, Too? (1998)
- Home is the Heart (1998)
- A Candle Within Her Soul (1995)
Awards
Her writing won a number of awards,[2] including the 2014 Western Writers Spur Award in the Juvenile Fiction category with Papa's Gold.[3]
Ellen Massey also gave hundreds of talks about the Ozarks. On July 13, 2014, Ellen Gray Massey died at age 92.
References
- ↑ Massey, Ellen. "Bittersweet". Springfield-Greene County Library. Springfield-Greene County Library. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ Blades, Debbie. "Award-Winning Author". Ellen Gray Massey. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Western Writers of America Award Winners". Western Writers of America. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ Blades, Debbie. "Ellen Gray Massey". Ellen Gray Massey. Debbie Blades. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ LDR Staff. "Local educator, writer Ellen Gray Massey dies". Lebanon Daily Record. Lebanon Daily Record. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ Howerton, Phillip. "Interview with Ellen Gray Massey". Encyclopedia of Ozarks Literature. Missouri State University. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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