Background
SPENCER, Elizabeth was born in Carollton, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of James L. Spencer and Mary James McCain.
SPENCER, Elizabeth was born in Carollton, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of James L. Spencer and Mary James McCain.
Belhaven College, and Vanderbilt University.
Writer-in-residence, University of N. Carolina 1969, Hollins College 1973, Concordia University 1977-1978, Adjunct Professor.
Fire in the Morning 1948, This Crooked Way 1952, The Voice at the Back Door 1956, The Light in the Piazza 1960, Knights and Dragons 1965, No Place for an Angel 1967, Ship Island and other stories 1968, The Snare 1972, The Stories of Elizabeth Spencer 1981, Marilee 1981, The Salt Line 1984. Short stories in magazines and collections.
American Institute of Arts and Letters.
Married John A. B. Rusher in 1956.