Elisabeth Ogilvie
Elisabeth M. Ogilvie (May 20, 1917 – September 9, 2006) was an American novelist. Ogilvie is best known for writing a series of novels set on islands off the coast of Maine, where she lived as an adult.[1] She died in Cushing, Maine, at the age of 89.[1]
Early life and education
Ogilvie was born in Boston on May 20, 1917, to Frank and Maude Ogilvie.[2] She had three older brothers.[1] Growing up, Ogilvie spent summers on the Maine island of Criehaven.[2] She was raised in Dorchester and Wollaston, and she graduated from North Quincy High School in 1934.[1][2] Ogilvie did not earn a college degree, but took a writing course at Harvard.[2]
Career
Ogilvie published her first novel, High Tide at Noon in 1944, which was the first of eight novels in the Bennett's Island series.[2] She modeled the setting on Criehaven, the Maine island where she spent summers growing up.[3]
Ogilvie wrote 46 adult, young adult, and children's books.[2] Many of her novels dealt with life in Maine and lobstering families along the coast. She also wrote a series of novels set in Scotland, inspired by her Scottish descent and her travels there.[1] In 1950, Ogilvie published an autobiographical book, My World is an Island, about her life on Gay Island.[4]
Personal life
In 1944, Ogilvie moved to a Script error: No such module "convert". farm on Gay Island in the town of Cushing, Maine.[5] She lived there for more than 50 years, sharing the house with her longtime companion and friend Dorothy Simpson (1905–1998), and Simpson's husband, Guy.[2]
Death
Ogilvie died of a stroke on September 9, 2006 in Cushing, Maine.[1]
Works published
Series
Bennett Island Family
- Tide Trilogy
- High Tide at Noon (1944, Thorndike Press, Template:ISBN)
- The Storm Tide (1945, Thorndike Press, Template:ISBN)
- Ebbing Tide (1947, Thorndike Press, Template:ISBN)
- Lover's Trilogy
- Dawning of the Day (1954, Down East, Template:ISBN)
- The Seasons Hereafter (1966, Down East, Template:ISBN)
- Strawberries in the Sea (1973, Down East, Template:ISBN)
- Joanna Bennett's Island
- An Answer in the Tide (1978, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Day Before Winter (1997, Down East, Template:ISBN)
- Standalone
- Summer of the Osprey (1987, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
Other Series
- Cass Phillips
- Blueberry Summer (1956, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- The Fabulous Year (1958, Whittlesey House, Template:ISBN)
- Mirabelle Taggart
- Weep and Know Why (1972, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Dreaming Swimmer (1976, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Jennie Trilogy
- Jennie about to Be (1984, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- World of Jennie G. (1986, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Jennie Glenroy (1993, Down East, Template:ISBN)
Adult novels
- Rowan Head (1949, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- How Wide the Heart aka Steady Kind of Love (1959, Scholastic)
- Witch Door (1959, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Woman's Reputation (1962, Redbook)
- Call Home the Heart (1962, Aeonian Press, Template:ISBN)
- There May be Heaven (1966, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Waters on a Starry Night (1968, McGraw-Hill)
- Bellwood (1968, McGraw-Hill)
- Theme for Reason (1970, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Image of a Lover (1974, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Where the Lost Aprils Are (1975, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Dancer in Yellow (1979, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- The Devil in Tartan (1980, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Silent Ones (1981, McGraw Hill, Template:ISBN)
- Road to Nowhere (1983, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
- When the Music Stopped (1989, McGraw-Hill, Template:ISBN)
Young-adult novels
- Whistle for a Wind: Maine 1820 (1954, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- The Young Islanders (1960, McGraw-Hill)
- Becky's Island (1961, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Turn Around Twice (1962, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Ceiling of Amber aka Until the End of Summer (1964, Amereon Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Masquerade at Sea House (1965, Aeonion Press, Template:ISBN)
- Pigeon Pair (1967, TBS The Book Service Ltd, Template:ISBN)
- Come Aboard and Bring Your Dory (1969)
- Face of Innocence (1970, McGraw-Hill)
- Beautiful Girl (1980, Scholastic, Template:ISBN)
- Too Young to Know (1982, Scholastic, 0-590-31710-8)
- A Forgotten Girl...and a Forgotten Time (1982, Scholastic, Template:ISBN)
- My Summer Love (1985, Scholastic, Template:ISBN)
Movie Tie-In
- Honeymoon (1947, Bart House), novelization of the screenplay by Michael Kanin from a story by Vicki Baum
Autobiography
- My World is an Island (1950, Down East Books, Template:ISBN)
References
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