Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark

Dame Muriel Spark, DBE (1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was an award-winning Scottish novelist. In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945", at #8.

Read more about Muriel Spark:  Early Life, Writing Career, Relationship With Her Son, Bibliography

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    One’s prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.
    Muriel Spark (b. 1918)

    Thou waitest for the spark from heaven!
    Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)