Question: Which Swedish author and teacher wrote the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! ?
Context: And The Soul Shall Dance is Wakako Yamauchi's first full-length play.  Written in 1977, the story involves a young Japanese American girl and her parents as they struggle to live in a white America during The Great Depression.  "And The Soul Shall Dance" grapples with many of the issues facing Japanese Americans in America such as Assimilation, immigration, social, economic and political status, and simply surviving in the cruelties of California's The Phantom Carriage (Swedish: Körkarlen ) is a 1958 Swedish horror film directed by Arne Mattsson.  It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.  It is based on the Selma Lagerlöf novel "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! " and is a remake of the 1921 film. The Newman Society: Oxford University Catholic Society (est. 1878 and 1990; current form 2012) is Oxford University's oldest Roman Catholic organisation, a student society named as a tribute to Cardinal Newman, who agreed to lend his name to a group formed seventeen years before the English hierarchy formally permitted Catholics to attend the university.  The society was created by the merger in 2012 of the Newman Society and Oxford University Catholic Society, two independent Catholic student groups, which combined in order to bear witness to the unity and catholicity of the Church.  It exists, according to its constitution, to: 'work in conjunction with the Chaplains to support and encourage Catholic students in their Christian vocation by promoting their personal, intellectual and spiritual development, social interaction, and apostolic witness within the broader context of their university experience', and has served as the model for Catholic student societies throughout the English-speaking world.  While remaining aware and proud of the extensive heritage of the Newman Society, set out below, the Society is intensely conscious of its responsibility as the contemporary representative of the entire student Catholic community of Oxford University. Roma is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 2007.  The story follows two ancient Roman families, the Potitii and Pinarii, as members of successive generations bear witness to, as well as participate in, some of Rome's greatest historical events.  The epic style is similar to James Michener's historical novels - i.e., following the history of a certain location over centuries, each chapter depicting the descendants of the protagonists of the previous chapter.  The story takes Roman myths and intertwines them with historical facts and fictional characters. The Reef is a 1912 novel by American writer Edith Wharton.  It was published by D. Appleton & Company.  It concerns a romance between a widow and her former lover.  The novel takes place in Paris and rural France, but primarily features American characters.  While writing the novel, Edith Wharton visited England, Sicily, and Germany, among other locations.  In a letter to Bernard Berenson in November 1912, Wharton expressed regret regarding her novel, calling it a “poor miserable lifeless lump”.  She wrote, “Anyhow, remember it’s not me, though I thought it was when I was writing it—& that next time I’m going to do something worthwhile!!” Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (] ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher.  She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Image Makers (Swedish: Bildmakarna ) is a 2000 Swedish television play directed by Ingmar Bergman and written by Per Olov Enquist.  The drama is set in the year 1920 at Filmstaden where the film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the film "The Phantom Carriage", an adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! " Accompanied by actress Tora Teje and film photographer Julius Jaenzon, he has now invited the book's author to take a first look at some early scenes. The Phantom Carriage (Swedish: "Körkarlen" , literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish horror film generally considered to be one of the central works in the history of Swedish cinema.  Released on New Year's Day 1921, it was directed by and starred Victor Sjöström, alongside Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg and Astrid Holm.  It is based on the novel "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! " ("Körkarlen"; 1912), by Nobel prize-winning Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. Hilda Teresia Borgström (13 October 1871 – 2 January 1953) was a Swedish stage and film actress.  Born in Stockholm, Borgström is considered one of Sweden's most legendary silent film actresses.  She made her film debut in 1912.  She starred in leading parts in Victor Sjöström's classic silent films "Ingeborg Holm" (aka "Margaret Day") (1913) and "Körkarlen" (aka The Phantom Carriage/The Stroke of Midnight/Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness) in 1921.  Borgström started out to be a dancer and trained at the old Royal Theatre's ballet school in Stockholm 1880-87.  Later she decided to turn to the theatre instead and studied drama to become an actress.  The professional debut on stage came in 1890 at one of Albert Ranft's theatres.  She was an actress of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten), between 1900–1912 and 1920-1938.  Here, alongside becoming a star on film, she made a number of remarkable and critically acclaimed performances. Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!  (Swedish: Körkarlen) is a 1912 novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.  It was translated into English by William Frederick Harvey in 1921.  Lagerlöf was commissioned to write it by a Swedish association as a means of public education about tuberculosis ("consumption").  It has been dramatized for the screen twice in Sweden and once in France, under various English titles of "The Phantom Carriage", "The Phantom Chariot" and "The Stroke of Midnight" and "Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness".
Answer: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf