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Maine Writers Index - Detail (Return to List) Dorothy Simpson (1905 - 1998)Genre: Young Adult, Non-Fiction, General FictionAleda Dorothy Knowlton (Dot) Simpson, born 28 June 1905, grew up on Criehaven Island off the coast of Maine. Later in life, she lived on Gay's Island off Friendship/Cushing with her longtime companion Elizabeth Ogilvie. After Simpson's death on 19 Dec. 1998, her niece -- also named Dorothy Simpson -- published The Island's
True Child: A Memoir of Growing Up on Criehaven (2003), based on Simpson's unpublished journals dating to 1930. Simpson's other
books include The Maine Islands in Story and Legend (1960/1987), and six novels for young adults based on island life: Island
In The Bay (1956); The Honest Dollar (1957); A Lesson For Janie (1958);
A Matter Of Pride (1959); New Horizons (1961); and Visitor from the Sea (1965). |