Ellen Gray Massey (November 14, 1921 – July 13, 2014) was an American writer and schoolteacher.

Massey was raised near Nevada, Missouri, and spent some time in Washington, D.C. She received a bachelor's degree in English at the University of Maryland before moving back to Missouri, settling in the Lebanon area.

She oversaw a class of high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors who produced Bittersweet, the Ozark Quarterly magazine.

[1] Massey also gave hundreds of talks about the Ozarks.

Massey wrote many books, including the following titles: Massey's writing won a number of awards,[2] including the 2014 Western Writers Spur Award in the juvenile fiction category with Papa's Gold.