Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) was an American novelist from Richmond, Virginia, known for her sharp portrayals of Southern life during a time of social change. Largely self-educated, she developed a psychologically nuanced and often ironic style, focusing especially on the inner lives of women, the constraints of marriage, and the decline of traditional Southern values. In 1942 she received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for *In This Our Life*, and she is considered an important transitional figure in modern Southern literature.