In the 1970's, she turned to mystery writing. She often traveled with her husband, George Russell Harrison, a dean of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whom she married in 1957. Harrison also wrote a nonfiction series called ''Around the World,'' based on young people she met in the Caribbean, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. In early works like ''Going on 16'' (1945) and ''A Girl Can Dream'' (1947), characters confronted loneliness, sibling rivalries and tense mother-daughter relationships. Her stories about the difficulties of adolescence appealed to generations of teenage girls. She also used the names Betsy Allen and Elizabeth Headley. Harrison's books were written under her maiden name, Betty Cavanna. She died at her home in Vézelay, in central France at 92. Elizabeth Cavanna Harrison was an American author who wrote more than 80 romances, mysteries and children's books in a 45-year career.
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