Elizabeth Spencer was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play. Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She was a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 19, 1921
- Died
- December 22, 2019
- Website
