Nancy Wilson Ross
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Nancy Wilson Ross (November 22, 1901 – January 18, 1986) was an American novelist. A native of Olympia, Washington who graduated from the University of Oregon in 1924, she became an expert in Eastern religions and wrote fifteen novels.[1] Her 1957 novel The Return of Lady Brace was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction.
Books[]
- Friday to Monday (1932)
- Take the Lightning (1940)
- The Farthest Reach (1941)
- Westward the Women (1944)
- The Left Hand Is the Dreamer (1947)
- I, My Ancestor (1950)
- Joan of Arc (1952)
- Time's Corner (1952)
- The Return of Lady Brace (1957)
- Thor's Visit to the Land of Giants (1959)
- Heroines of the Early West (1960)
- The World of Zen: an East-West Anthology (1960)
- Three Ways of Asian Wisdom (1966)
- Buddhism, a Way of Life and Thought (1980)
References[]
- ^ McDowell, Edwin (1986-01-22). "Obituary: Nancy Wilson Ross, Novelist and Expert on Eastern Religion". The New York Times.
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- 20th-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- 1901 births
- 1986 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- Zen Buddhism writers
- University of Oregon alumni
- Writers from Olympia, Washington
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