Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843-1946) who wrote as Mrs. George Sheldon Downs and Mrs. Georgie Sheldon, was the author of Virgie's Inheritance (1887), Mona (1891), True Love's Reward (1892), Rising to Honour (1892), Wedded by Fate; or, Sister Angela (1892), Lost-a Pearle (1895), That Dowdy of a Girl; or, The Story of Gertrude Wynn's Fortunes (1895), Two Keys; or, Margaret Houghton's Heroism (1896), Ruby's Reward (1896), Audrey's Recompense (1896), Witch Hazel (1896), The Shadow of a Crime (1897), The Welfleet Mystery (1901), Katherine's Sheaves (1904), Step by Step: A Story of High Ideals (1906), A Girl in a Thousand (1918) and His Heart's Queen.