Ellen Gray Massey
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Ellen Gray Massey
Ellen Gray Massey (November 14, 1921 – July 13, 2014) was an American writer and schoolteacher.
Massey was raised near Nevada, Missouri, and spent some time in Washington D.C. She received 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, juniors, and seniors who produced Bittersweet, the Ozark Quarterly magazine.[1]
Massey also gave hundreds of talks about the Ozarks.
Works[]
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[]
Massey's writing won a number of awards,[2] including the 2014 Western Writers Spur Award in the Juvenile fiction category with Papa's Gold.[3][4][5][6]
References[]
- ^ Massey, Ellen. "Bittersweet". Springfield-Greene County Library. Springfield-Greene County Library. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Blades, Debbie. "Award-Winning Author". Ellen Gray Massey. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ "Western Writers of America Award Winners". Western Writers of America. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Blades, Debbie. "Ellen Gray Massey". Ellen Gray Massey. Debbie Blades. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ LDR Staff. "Local educator, writer Ellen Gray Massey dies". Lebanon Daily Record. Lebanon Daily Record. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Howerton, Phillip. "Interview with Ellen Gray Massey". Encyclopedia of Ozarks Literature. Missouri State University. Retrieved December 1, 2016.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Lebanon, Missouri
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Schoolteachers from Missouri
- American women educators