Elisabeth Ogilvie was an American writer. She was born in Boston

Boston

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 and grew up in Dorchester

Dorchester, Massachusetts

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, Quincy

Quincy, Massachusetts

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, and Roxbury

Roxbury, Massachusetts

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Life

She spent her summers on the coast of Maine. She attended schools in Dorchester and Mount Wollaston

Mount Wollaston

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, graduating from North Quincy High School in 1934. Later she took writing courses at Harvard University.

Elisabeth Ogilvie wrote High Tide at Noon

High Tide at Noon

High Tide at Noon is a 1957 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Betta St...

in 1944 her first of nine novels in the Bennett Island families series. She would write over 40 novels and books in her prolific career. Many of her novels dealt with life in Maine and lobstering families along the coast. She also wrote a host of young adult novels that were popular from 1950s to 1980s, such as The Fabulous Year (1958) and Beautiful Girl (1980). They generally were situated in the midcoast setting.

She lived on a 33 acres (133,546.4 m²) farm on Gay's Island, Maine

Maine

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 with her companion, Dorothy Simpson (1905-1998), who was also a writer, for more than 50 years.

Elisabeth Ogilvie died September 9, 2006 in Cushing, Maine

Cushing, Maine

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Series

Bennett Island Family
Tide Trilogy

1. High Tide at Noon (1944, Thorndike Press, ISBN 0-7838-8554-4)
2. The Storm Tide (1945, Thorndike Press, ISBN 0-7838-8800-2)
3. Ebbing Tide (1947, Thorndike Press, ISBN 0-7838-8801-9)

Lover's Trilogy

1. Dawning of the Day (1954, Down East
   Down East
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   , ISBN 0-89272-464-2)
2. The Seasons Hereafter (1966, Down East, ISBN 0-89272-465-9)
3. Strawberries in the Sea (1973, Down East, ISBN 0-89272-466-6)

Joanna Bennett's Island

1. Answer in the Tide (1978, Mcgraw-Hill
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   , ISBN 0-0704-7664-6)
2. Day Before Winter (1997, Down East, ISBN 0-89272-429-1)

Standalone

• Summer of the Osprey (1987, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7784-1)

Other Series
Cass Phillips

1. Blueberry Summer (1956, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-327-0)
2. The Fabulous Year (1958, Whittlesey House, ISBN 0-401-31181-3)

Mirabelle Taggart

1. Weep and Know Why (1972, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7619-6)
2. Dreaming Swimmer (1976, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7598-4)

Jennie Trilogy

1. Jennie about to Be (1984, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7769-8)
2. World of Jennie G. (1986, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7783-4)
3. Jennie Glenroy (1993, Down East, ISBN 0-89272-326-3)

Adult novels

• Rowan Head (1949, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-181-8)
• How Wide the Heart aka Steady Kind of Love (1959, Scholastic)
• Witch Door (1959, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-182-5)
• Woman's Reputation (1962, Redbook
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• Call Home the Heart (1962, Aeonian Press, ISBN 0-88411-328-7)
• There May be Heaven (1966, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-338-6)
• Waters on a Starry Night (1968, Mcgraw-Hill)
• Bellwood (1968, Mcgraw-Hill)
• Theme for Reason (1970, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7634-9)
• Image of a Lover (1974, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7648-6)
• Where the Lost Aprils Are (1975, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7606-6)
• Dancer in Yellow (1979, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7600-4)
• Devil in Tartan (1980, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7678-3)
• Silent Ones (1981, Mcgraw Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7679-0)
• Road to Nowhere (1983, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7700-1)
• When the Music Stopped (1989, Mcgraw-Hill, ISBN 0-0704-7792-6)

Young-adult novels

• Whistle for a Wind: Maine 1820 (1954, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-340-9)
• The Young Islanders (1960, Mcgraw-Hill)
• Becky's Island (1961, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-326-3)
• Turn Around Twice (1962, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-339-3)
• Ceiling of Amber aka Until the End of Summer (1964, Amereon Ltd, ISBN 0-88411-329-4)
• Masquerade at Sea House (1965, Aeonion Press, ISBN 0-88411-333-1)
• Pigeon Pair (1967, TBS The Book Service Ltd, ISBN 0-207-94993-7)
• Come Aboard and Bring Your Dory (1969)
• Face of Innocence (1970, Mcgraw-Hill)
• Beautiful Girl (1980, Scholastic, ISBN 0-590-31277-6)
• Too Young to Know (1982, Scholastic, 0-590-31710-8)
• A Forgotten Girl...and a Forgotten Time (1982, Scholastic, ISBN 0-590-32544-8)
• My Summer Love (1985, Scholastic, ISBN 0-590-33266-8)

External links

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