Elizabeth Powers

Elizabeth Dixon Powers was a writer, conservator, and Asheville native whose work reflected a deep connection to the Southern Appalachian landscape. Educated at Wellesley College and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, she published essays including “Cataloochee—A Sense of Place” and authored several unpublished novels. She lived in both South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Western North Carolina, where she passed away in 2007.