Muriel Spark

Spark, Muriel (1918– ), Scottish writer best known for her witty, often satirical novels, including Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961; later a play and film), The Mandelbaum Gate (1965), Loitering with Intent (1981), Curiculum Vitae (1992), and Reality and Dreams (1996).