Who was Elizabeth Goudge?

A brief biography with portraits of the author

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge, May 10th, 1934, from the National Portrait Gallery

Shy, Observant Miss Goudge

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge (1900-1984) was a best-selling British author who wrote adult novels, children’s novels, poetry, short stories, nonfiction and poetry anthologies, published over more than forty years, from 1934 until 1976. 

She won a p…