Elisabeth Ogilvie

She was born May 20, 1917 in Boston to Maude and Frank Ogilvie, and she had three older brothers. While growing up she spent summers on the Maine island of Criehaven. She grew up in Wollaston and Dorchester, and graduated in 1934 from North Quincy High School.

The best place to start is the Bennett's Island series, the earliest of Elisabeth Ogilvie's multi-book series: it opens with High Tide at Noon (1944) and runs to 9 books across 1944–1991, ending with The Day Before Winter (1991). Elisabeth Ogilvie's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Elisabeth Ogilvie has 81 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1944 and 1993. 51 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Wildfire series with 35 books — and 30 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Elisabeth Ogilvie's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Bennett's Island (1944–1991, 9 books), Cass Phillips (1956–1964, 2 books) and Mirabelle Taggart (1972–1976, 2 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Elisabeth Ogilvie's 81 books into 5 named series and 30 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Wildfire (35 books, 1978–1988); Bennett's Island (9 books, 1944–1991); Jennie Trilogy (3 books, 1984–1993); Cass Phillips (2 books, 1956–1964); Mirabelle Taggart (2 books, 1972–1976).