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Elizabeth Goudge

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Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge (24 April 1900 – 1 April 1984) was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books. She wrote under the name Elizabeth Goudge. She received a Carnegie Medal for children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse.

She became a best selling author, both in the United Kingdom and United States.

She was born in Wells, Somerset, England. She died at the age of 83.