Order of Elswyth Thane Books

Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe was an American author and screenwriter known primarily for her romance novels, particularly the Women of Williamsburg series. This series of historical fiction spans several generations of two families from the American Revolutionary War to World War II. Born in 1900 in Burlington, Iowa, to a local teacher and high school principal, Helen Ricker became Elswyth Thane when her family relocated to New York in 1918. She had a career as a journalist, Hollywood screenwriter, and newspaper writer before releasing her first book in 1926. Throughout her life, she continued to publish works, with her final book, Fighting Quaker: Nathaniel Greene, released in 1972.