Elizabeth Thornton

Mary Forrest George, née Baxter (24 January 1940 – 12 July 2010), well known as Elizabeth Thornton (her mother's name) is a British-Canadian writer of 31 historical romance novels from 1986 to 2010.

Biography

Born Mary Forrest Baxter on 24 January 1940 Aberdeen, Scotland, the younger of two children of Elizabeth Thornton and Andrew Baxter. In 1959, she married Forbes George, and they had three sons: Stephen, Peter and Thomas.

She was an elementary school teacher before establishing the St. Swithin Street Nursery School in 1967. In 1969, she and her husband and their three sons moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where she continued her teaching career. In 1977, she was appointed as a Pastoral Assistant of a Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg. In 1985, she completed an honors degree in Classical Greek winning the Gold Medal in Classics. Her honor's thesis was entitled "Women in Euripides."

She published her first novel in 1987 as Elizabeth Thornton, her mother's maiden name, and a year later she became a full-time writer.

Mary George died on July 12, 2010, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Bibliography

Single novels

• Bluestocking Bride November 1987 Template:ISBN
• A Virtuous Lady March 1988 Template:ISBN
• The Passionate Prude October 1988 reprinted as To Love an Earl in 2004 Template:ISBN
• Fallen Angel April 1989 Template:ISBN
• The Worldly Widow January 1990 Template:ISBN
• Scarlet Angel August 1990 reprinted October 2005 Template:ISBN
• Highland Fire January 1994 Template:ISBN
• The Bride's Bodyguard April 1997 reprinted September 2006 Template:ISBN
• You Only Love Twice March 1998 Template:ISBN
• Strangers at Dawn November 1999 Template:ISBN
• Shady Lady February 2004 Template:ISBN

The Seers of Grampian series

1. The Runaway McBride February 2009 Template:ISBN
2. The Scot and I June 2009 Template:ISBN
3. A Bewitching Bride 2010

Devereux Family Saga series

1. Tender the Storm May 1991 Template:ISBN
2. Velvet is the Night April 1992 Template:ISBN
3. Cherished September 1993 Template:ISBN

Dangerous series

1. Dangerous to Love June 1994 Template:ISBN
2. Dangerous to Kiss April 1995 Template:ISBN
3. Dangerous to Hold April 1996 Template:ISBN

Princess series

1. Whisper his Name March 1999 Template:ISBN
2. Princess Charming February 2001 Template:ISBN
3. The Perfect Princess November 2001 Template:ISBN
4. Almost a Princess January 2003 Template:ISBN
5. Shady Lady is in some ways a continuation of this series

The Trap series

1. The Marriage Trap July 2005 Template:ISBN
2. The Bachelor Trap April 2006 Template:ISBN
3. The Pleasure Trap July 2007 Template:ISBN

Anthologies in collaboration

• "Sheer Sorcery" in Christmas Holiday November 1990
• "The Trouble with Angels" in My Guardian Angel February 1995 (with Sandra Chastain, Kay Hooper, Susan Krinard and Karyn Monk)

External links

• Elizabeth Thornton's Official Homepage
• Elizabeth Thornton's in Fantastic Fiction