Willa Sibert Cather (; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Ántonia (1918). In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922), a novel set during World War I.
Cather graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She lived and worked in Pittsburgh for ten years, supporting herself as a magazine editor and high school English teacher. At the age of 33 she moved to New York City, her primary home for the rest of her life, though she also traveled widely and spent considerable time at her summer residence on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick.
Lucy Gayheart er en ung pige fra den lille by Haverford i Nebraska, der tager til Chicago for at studere musik. Her bliver hun akkompagnatør for en ældre, berømt, men udlevet koncertsanger, Clement Sebastian, som hun forelsker sig i. Hun stilles derved overfor et valg mellem Clement og barndomskæresten fra hjembyen, den unge bankmand Harry Gordon.
Overfladisk betragtet er "Lucy Gayheart" en ret banal og udramatisk historie, men i Willa Cathers hænder og med den særegne stemning og finhed, hun kunne lægge i sin prosa, bliver historien og Lucy selv alt andet end banal.
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