Elisabeth Ogilvie - 1917
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I. Personal and Professional Biography Elisabeth Ogilive was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1917, the daughter and fourth child of
parents of Scottish ancestry. She and her siblings grew up in Dorchester, Quincy, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and summered on the Maine Coast.
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At the age of 27, in 1944, she wrote her first book, High Tide at Noon, the anchor of the Tide trilogy. Her writing depicts the lives of lobstering families on the Maine coast and Down East life. That setting is prevalent in most of her works including the Bennett's Island series.
In addition to Down East works, Elisabeth wrote many young adult novels that were popular from the 1950's to the 1980's.
Elisabeth still writes from her home in Cushing, Maine, which has been the source of her inspiration.
II. Site of Author's Writing
Elisabeth Ogilvie writes from her home in Cushing, Maine. Currently, she is recuperating from an accident.
III. List of Works by Elisabeth Ogilivie
Novels
High Tide at Noon (1944)
Storm Tide (1945)
The Ebbing Tide (1947)
Rowan Head (1949)
My World is an Island (1950)
The Dawning of the Day (1954)
No Evil Angel (1956)
The Witch Door (1959)
Call Home the Heart (1962)
There May Be Heaven (1964)
The Seasons Hereafter (1966)
Bellwood (1968)
Waters on a Starry Night (1968)
A Theme for Reason (1970)
The Face of Innocence (1970)
Weep and Know Why (1972)
Strawberries in the Sea (1973)
Where the Lost Aprils Are (1974)
Image a Lover (1974)
The Dreaming Swimmer (1976)
An Answer in the Tide (1978)
A Dancer in Yellow (1979)
The Devil in Tartan (1980)
The Silent Ones (1981)
The Road to Nowhere (1983)
Jennie About to Be (1984)
The World of Jennie G. (1986)
The Summer of the Osprey (1987)
When the Music Stopped (1989)
Jennie Glenroy (1993)
The Day Before Winter (1997)
Young Adult Novels
Whistle for a Wind (1954)
Blueberry Summer (1956)
The Fabulous Year (1958)
How Wide the Heart (1959)
The Young Islanders (1960)
Becky's Islands (1961)
Turn Around Twice (1962)
Ceiling of Amber (1964)
Masquerade at Sea House (1965)
The Pigeon Pair (1967)
Come Aboard and Bring Your Dory! (1969)
Beautiful Girl (1980)
Too Young To Know (1982)
My Summer Love (1985)
IV. Interviews with Elisabeth Ogilvie
A Mug-up with Elisabeth:
Volume 1 Issue 4 fall 1998
Volume 2 Issue 1 winter 1999
Volume 2 Issue 4 fall 1999
Volume 3 Issue 1 winter 2000
CBS Sunday Morning May 22, 1994
V. Audio of Elisabeth Ogilvie
Ms. Oglivie was interviewed on CBS, Sunday Morning, on May 22, 1994. There are also two videos produced of Elisabeth Ogilvie discussing her works at Criehaven with the Mug-ups produced by that group in 2000
VI. Links to Related Topics
http://www.amazon.comhttp://www.mpbc.org/mpbcsite/radio/contactus.html
http://www.mugup.com
VII. How to contact Elisabeth Ogilvie Elisabeth Ogilvie
Camden, ME 04843
VIII. Bibliography Collier, Laurie and Joyce Nakamura. Something About the Author,
Detroit: Gale Research Co, 1992.
http://www.mpbc.org/mpbcsite/radio/contactus.html
http://www.mugup.com
Westervelt, Marilyn; Marilyn Bowen and Melissa Hayes, Eds.
The Newsletter for Readers of Elisabeth Ogilvie; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug-Up with Elisabeth;
Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds.
A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth;
Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds. A Mug Up with Elisabeth; Westervelt, Marilyn and Melissa Hayes, Eds.
A Mug Up with Elisabeth; This essay was written and compiled by students of Corinne Mitchell, an English teacher at North Quincy High School in Massachusetts. Student contributors:
Volume 1, Issue 1. January 1998.
Volume 1, Issue 2. Spring 1998.
Volume 1, Issue 3. Summer 1998.
Special Edition, July 28, 1998.
Volume 1, Issue 4. Fall 1998.
Volume 2, Issue 1. Winter 1999.
Volume 2, Issue 2. Spring 1999
Volume 2, Issue 3. Summer 1999
Volume 2, Issue 4. Fall 1999.
Volume 3, Issue 1. Winter 2000
Volume 3, Issue 2. Spring 2000.
Nealia Giarratani, Kitty Lee, Linda Mou, Meaghan Haley, Christopher Chenette, William Kwok, David Law, Danny Luu, Jordan Oster, Sean Sullivan, and Greg Tragellis.