death_date birth_place other_names birth_date article_title name
1926 wrentham , ma mrs. georgie sheldon mrs. george sheldon downs 1843 sarah elizabeth forbush downs
 sarah elizabeth forbush downs
sarah elizabeth forbush downs

sarah elizabeth forbush downs -lrb- 1843 -- 1926 -rrb- was a `` dime novelist '' who wrote novels under her own name , as `` mrs. georgie sheldon '' , and as `` mrs. george sheldon downs .
downs was born 5 june 1843 in wrentham , ma .
her parents were edwin a. forbush and malvina f. -lrb- ware -rrb- forbush .
she received her education at the ladies ' collegiate institute , worcester , ma .
in 1868 she married george sheldon downs .
she used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing .
her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869 .
as can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote , downs was a very popular author in her era .
she was signed by theodore dreiser to write for his `` smith 's magazine '' .
dreiser considered her to be one of the `` three most popular authors in the world . ''
