Elizabeth Mavor

1927–2013

Scottish-born novelist and biographer whose writing often examined friendships and attachments between women. Born in Glasgow, she was educated at St Leonards School in St Andrews and St Anne’s College, Oxford, and later lived in Oxfordshire with her husband, the illustrator Haro Hodson. Her novels include Summer in the Greenhouse, The Temple of Flora and The White Solitaire, while her historical work includes The Ladies of Llangollen (1971), a study of romantic friendship, and editions of the journals of Fanny Kemble and Maria Graham. She died in May 2013. A Green Equinox was shortlisted for the 1973 Booker Prize.

Timeline of Elizabeth Mavor’s life

Works

• A Green Equinox (1973)

Prizes

• A Green Equinox — The Booker Prize 1973: Shortlist