Josephine Chamberlain Ayres, mai coneguda jos son pseudonim Ellen Douglas (Natchez, Mississipí, 12 de julh de 1921 – Jackson, 7 de novembre de 2012) foguèt una escrivana americana. Es coneguda subretot per son roman Apostles of Light, publicat en 1973.
- A Family's Affairs (1961)
- Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories (1963)
- "On the Lake" dins Prize Stories 1963 (1963)
- Where The Dreams Cross (1968)
- Apostles of Light (1973)
- The Rock Cried Out (1979)
- A Lifetime Burning (1982)
- A Long Night (1986)
- The Magic Carpet and Other Tales (1987)
- Can't Quit You, Baby (1988)
- Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell (1998)
- Witnessing (2004)