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.


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