Nancy Wilson Ross

Nancy Wilson Ross (November 22, 1901 – January 18, 1986) was an American novelist. A native of Olympia, Washington who graduated from the University of Oregon in 1924, she became an expert in Eastern religions and wrote fifteen novels.[1] Her 1957 novel The Return of Lady Brace was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction.

Books

• Friday to Monday (1932)
• Take the Lightning (1940)
• The Farthest Reach (1941)
• Westward the Women (1944)
• The Left Hand Is the Dreamer (1947)
• I, My Ancestor (1950)
• Joan of Arc (1952)
• Time's Corner (1952)
• The Return of Lady Brace (1957)
• Thor's Visit to the Land of Giants (1959)
• Heroines of the Early West (1960)
• The World of Zen: an East-West Anthology (1960)
• Three Ways of Asian Wisdom (1966)
• Buddhism, a Way of Life and Thought (1980)

References

1. McDowell, Edwin (1986-01-22). "Obituary: Nancy Wilson Ross, Novelist and Expert on Eastern Religion". The New York Times.

External links

• Nancy Wilson Ross papers at University of Texas at Austin