Olive Ann Burns
Olive Ann Burns (July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed novel, Cold Sassy Tree, published in 1984.
Background
Olive Ann Burns was born in Banks County, Georgia. Her father was a farmer but was forced to sell his farm in 1931 during the Great Depression. The Burns family then moved to Commerce, Georgia. Burns attended Mercer University, where she wrote for the college magazine. Her sophomore year she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in journalism.
Career
Burns worked for the
References
- ^ Blau, Eleanor (July 6, 1990). "Olive Ann Burns, 65, an Author Whose Illness Inspired Her Book (obituary)". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
Works
- Cold Sassy Tree, published in 1984
External links
- Olive Ann Burns Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, in The New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Olive Ann Burns Collection at Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library