Elizabeth Fenwick Way facts for kids

Elizabeth Fenwick Way (April 5, 1916 – November 20, 1996), who wrote as Elizabeth Fenwick and E. P. Fenwick, was an American mystery writer, novelist, and author of books for children. Her 1963 mystery novel The Make-Believe Man was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America.

In 1948, Way became friends with writer Flannery O'Connor while they were living at Yaddo, a writers' community in Saratoga Springs, New York. According to O'Connor biographer Melissa Simpson, O'Connor "... cultivated several enduring friendships while at Yaddo, the most notable being her friendship with Elizabeth Fenwick Way ...". When O'Connor left Yaddo for New York City in 1949, Way helped her find an apartment.

Some of Way's manuscripts and papers are held by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.