Elizabeth Goudge (April 24 1900 - April 1 1984) was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.

Born in Wells, she moved with her family to Ely when her father, a clergyman, was transferred there. When her father, Henry Leighton Goudge, was made Regius Professor at Oxford, the family left Ely and went to Christ Church, Oxford.

Elizabeth's first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919), was a failure and it was several years before she authored Island Magic (1934), which is based on Channel Island stories, many of which she had learned from her mother, who was from Jersey.

Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse (1946), the book J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, said was her favorite as a child. Her Green Dolphin Country (1944), published in the US as Green Dolphin Street, was made into a film and won the MGM award.

A Diary of Prayer (1966) was one of Goudge's last works. She spent her last years in her cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames.