Elizabeth Goudge

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on April 24th 1900 in Wells Somerset where her father was Principal of Wells Theological College. Although she had privately intended writing as a career her parents insisted she taught handicrafts in Oxford. She began writing in her spare time and her first novel ISLAND MAGIC set in Guernsey was a great success here and in America. GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY (1944) projected her to fame netting a Literary Guild Award and a special prize of £30000 from Louis B. Mayer of MGM before being filmed.

In her later years Elizabeth Goudge settled in Henley-on-Thames. She died on April 1st 1984.