Autor/-in: Elizabeth Mavor

Born in Glasgow, educated at Oxford, where she was the first woman to edit the university magazine, Cherwell. , Elizabeth Mavor (1927-2013) was the author of five novels. The fourth, A Green Equinox. (1973) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Drawn to the lives of women, both real and imaginary, who flouted convention, her non-fiction works include two historical biographies: The Virgin Mistress: A Study in Survival. (1964); and The Ladies of Langollen. (1971).