BDN Author 9/12/06 Elisabeth Ogilvie dies at 89 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Elisabeth Ogilvie, CUSHING for a prolific her colorful - author portray island best known Maine coastal and home in life, midcoast town, 10 days was 89. als of died Saturday at her after this suffering a stroke. She who tioned there permanently, includ- A in Maine Boston native and vaca- later moved wrote 46 books, books for Ogilvie ing 30 novels and 15 young adults adults. most of her books Elisabeth books "Although not mysteries, the fic- were very like Ogilvie Jessica was Fletcher, living a tional writing about life on published a newsletter states," SO Maine and great island. following of her that fans said was was Her that two distributed to 48 as her Womer, who served books. Karin on her most recent beloved editor her most Island Among is the Bennett's "High works which begins with Tide" and Tide at Tide." series, Noon," "Storm Published in the "The mid-1940s, Ebbing the the atmosphere "Tide Trilogy" encoun- and drew upon that Ogilvie with her tered on remote Criehaven, which characters during summers 25 family the Maine of coast, miles called "the island the island completing the of the she dreams." off her include series about my She well into continued writing later three years, with Before Osprey" Ogilvie's Summer works years novels, "The "The Day in 1987 and later. Winter" 10 other the historical Trilogy," which recount adven- 19th who lands flees tures the "Jennie early social century woman life of a young turmoil and family high- violence in carves the Scottish out a new phy, 1934, Quincy Ogilvie and graduating of coast. "took autobiogra- Depression Island." School North but in it on the also Maine wrote an She "My World is an from After (Mass.) High a writing two at Harvard, course or the and end Mosher, could said college niece, for was the afford nobody her at that point," who cared in her later ered mainland five Barbara her on Ogilvie, the white for 33-acre many author clapboard years years. never Dorothy years Island, married, weath- Simp- farm- ago. for off who in a lived Gay's house Cushing, on and moved to bungalow a Fellow her housemate and died in 1998. friend more son, than 50 years, survivors include Mosher Ogilvie's and other nieces and nephews.