Ellen Douglas
Josephine Chamberlain Ayres, mai coneguda jos son pseudonim Ellen Douglas (Natchez, Mississipí, 12 de julh de 1921 – Jackson, 7 de novembre de 2012) foguèt una escrivana americana. Es coneguda subretot per son roman Apostles of Light, publicat en 1973.

Òbras 
 A Family's Affairs (1961)
 Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories (1963)
 "On the Lake" dins Prize Stories 1963 (1963)
 Where The Dreams Cross (1968)
 Apostles of Light (1973)
 The Rock Cried Out (1979)
 A Lifetime Burning (1982)
 A Long Night (1986)
 The Magic Carpet and Other Tales (1987)
 Can't Quit You, Baby (1988)
 Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell (1998)
 Witnessing (2004)

Escrivana americana
Naissença en Mississipí
Naissença en 1921
Decès en 2012