Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was an American dime novelist".
Downs was born June 5, 1843, in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
[1] She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine.
"[2] Between 1880 and 1889, she serialized 47 romances for Street and Smith's New York Weekly.