Ellen Louise Gilchrist (February 20, 1935 – January 30, 2024) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet.

[2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and studied creative writing under renowned writer Eudora Welty at Millsaps College.

Gilchrist died from breast cancer at home in Ocean Springs on the evening of January 30, 2024, at the age of 88.

[2] A success for the recently founded University of Arkansas Press, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams (1981) sold more than 10,000 copies in its first ten months and won immense critical acclaim.

Victory over Japan, a collection of short stories, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1984.