Elspeth Mary Davie was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, painter, and art teacher.
Career
Her work was released by the world famous Calder Publications.
Achievements
Her novels include Providings (1965) and Creating a Scene (1971), but she achieved most of her acclaim for her short stories, principally for the collections The Spark (1968) and The Manitoba Who Wanted To Smell Books (2001). Davie was awarded the 1978 Katherine Mansfield Prize for Short Stories.
