RateVin | Published News: Ellen Douglas, Mississippi Author Dies at 91

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Ellen Douglas, Mississippi Author Dies at 91 Nov 8th 2012, 05:53 Ellen Douglas, a Mississippi native whose novel Apostles of Light was a 1973 National Book Award nominee, died Wednesday in Jackson. She was 91. Douglas, who cited fellow Mississippi native William Faulkner as a literary influence, was the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton; she said she took a pseudonym to guard the privacy of her family. Do 1 Vote(s)

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