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Show Elizabeth McDonald publishes Novel l mill MHI" in ii. iw'i i ")' ' 'i Both of Mrs. Macdonald's published novels have historical settings. The first is a romance "steeped in suspense" and the second is about the wife of an early Mormon missionary and her daughter who is reaching out for forbidden love. In his article, Mr. Lopez states that, "Mrs. Mac-donald Mac-donald is a woman of firm convictions, does things affirmatively, strives to be both topical and knowledgeable, and says things thoughfully and non-abrasively. non-abrasively. She does not have to come on strongly because she's comfortable and confident in what she does." Mrs. Macdonald's parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Rex Spendlove of Hurricane. She is a sister-in-law to Mr. and Mrs. G. D. MacDonald of Cedar City, to whom she offers a special tribute in one of the first autographed copies of her new novel for their research assistance and support. The two novels by tnis author are available in the SUSC Bookstore. "Watch for the Morning," a second in,vel by Elizabeth Macdonald, former Cedar resident now living in Calif., is scheduled to be published on April 10 by Charles Scribners Sons. Mrs. Macdonald, a native of Utah and a 1946 graduate of Southern Utah State College, wrote "The House at Gray Eagle" a highly successful novel in 1976. That novel, a moving story of devotion and hardship in an Old West setting, is now available in paper-back form in the Popular Library series after a third printing for a total of 10,000 copies. The first printing had an immediate sales response of 5,000 copies. The current novel will have an initial press run of 25,000 copies. Mrs. Macdonald has been a dedicated writer since the age of 10 when she wrote stories for her mother on brown paper bags. She has always taken the craft very seriously and now considers it to be a full time occupation. oc-cupation. In addition to her two published novels, she has an historical novel ready for publication and is working on a fourth book. She has a daily writing schedule of at least four hours a day for five days a week, with extra work on weekends if necessary. However, her husband, Lamont G. Macdonald, a native of Kanab, and their two teen-age children come first in her life and her home duties have priority over anything else. A native of Vernal, and later a resident of Hurricane, she attended SUSC and then enrolled at Utah State University to major in bacteriology. There, she met her husband and left school to marry him. They first lived in Cedar City where she was employed by Columbia Iron Mines and Mr. Macdonald worked for Boyer Automotive agency. Within a few years, the Macdonalds moved to San Francisco, where Lamont worked as an accountant and Elizabeth continued to work with U.S. Steel Company Com-pany as a market researcher. |