Another woman from the editing floor:

Born in Wells in 1900, Elizabeth Goudge lived there until 1911, including many years at The Rib. She became a bestselling author and the fictional Torminster was based on Wells and features in her books The City of Bells, Sister of the Angels and Henrietta’s House.

Sources: Elizabethgourge.org, ggbp.co.uk

#elizabethGoudge #childrenWriter #writer #author #womenInWriting #somerset #wells #history

#7books to know me (and that changed me) - hard to keep it to just seven:

1. Pride and Prejudice by #JaneAusten

2. Lord of the Rings by #Tolkien

3. A Pattern Language by #ChristopherAlexander

4. Queens’ Play by #DorothyDunnett

5. Little White Horse by #ElizabethGoudge

6. Always Coming Home by #leGuin

7. Life in the English Country House by #MarkGirouard

#books #authors