Author · 1940–2010
Elizabeth Thornton
Elizabeth Thornton (1940–2010) was a British-Canadian novelist. Born in Aberdeen.
Our catalogue lists 6 books by Elizabeth Thornton, mostly historical romance, Regency romance and historical fiction. They span 1987 to 2005. The most-read is To Love an Earl.
Books by Elizabeth Thornton
To Love an Earl
Elizabeth Thornton
Cherished
Elizabeth Thornton
Highland Fire
Elizabeth Thornton
Bluestocking Bride
Elizabeth Thornton
Scarlet Angel
Elizabeth Thornton
The Marriage Trap
Elizabeth Thornton
Biography
Mary Forrest was born on 24 January 1940 in Aberdeen, Scotland, , the youngest of two children of Elizabeth Thornton and Andrew Baxter. In 1959, she married Forbes George, and they had three sons: Stephen, Peter and Tom. She taught in a Aberdeen's elementary school for a number of years before establishing her own nursery school in 1967, St. Swithin Street Nursery School, an institution that is still going strong today. In 1969, she and her husband then emigrated to Canada with their three young sons. She taught kindergarten and Grade One for a number of years in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before, in 1977 becoming a lay minister at a Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg. As part of her continuing education, she enrolled in evening classes at the University of Winnipeg to study Classical Greek. Five years later, having completed an Honor's thesis on Women in Euripides, she received her B.A. (Classics Gold Medalist). After reading her first romance, a Regency by Georgette Heyer, she was captivated by the genre. Hereafter, writing became her hobby. In 1987, her first book, a small Regency entitled, Bluestocking Bride, was published by Zebra books under her mother's name. She was the author of over thirty historical romances. She has been nominated for and received many awards including the Romantic Times Trophy Award for the best New Historical Regency Author and Best Historical Regency.