Doris Burn
Doris "Doe" Burn (b. April 24, 1923, Portland, Oregon) is a children's book author and illustrator. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.
Burn was mainly active as an author and illustrator between 1965 and 1971. Her distinctive style consists of absorbingly detailed line drawings, often of children matter-of-factly doing extraordinary things.
She is best-known [citation needed] for the classic story, Andrew Henry's Meadow, inspired by her son Mark. It was published in 1965 while she was living and working on Waldron Island in the San Juan Islands archipelago. According to the blurb accompanying that book, her studio was "a small cabin where she spends the day at work after chopping enough wood to keep the fire going through the day, hauling two buckets of water from the pump for washing brushes and pens and brewing 'a perpetual pot of tea'". In 1965 Waldron Island was without electricity, telephone service, running water or merchants. All of her goods and supplies were brought by boat from the mainland.
Background
Early years/Education
She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, graduating from the University of Washington. She also attended the University of Oregon and the University of Hawaii.
Family
She has four children of her own, whom she taught for one year on Guemes Island's one-room schoolhouse. Andrew Henry's Meadow was written about her son, Mark.[1] She is the daughter-in-law of June Burn.
Works
Author & illustrator of:
- Burn, Doris (1965). Andrew Henry's Meadow. New York: Coward-McCann.
- Fortieth Anniversary Edition. (2005) Woodinville, WA: San Juan Publishing. ISBN 0-9707399-2-3
- Burn, Doris (1968). The Summerfolk. New York: Coward-McCann.
- Burn, Doris (1977). The Tale of Lazy Lizard Canyon. New York: Putnam & Sons.
Illustration
- Joseph Jacobs. Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary. New York: Coward-McCann. 1968
- Robert Nathan. Tappy. Knopf. 1968
- Liesel Moak Skorpen. We Were Tired of Living in a House. New York: Coward-McCann. 1969
- Patricia Lee Gauch. My Old Tree. New York: Coward-McCann. 1970
- Patricia Lee Gauch. Christina Katerina & the Box. New York: Putnam & Grosset. 1971
- Oscar Brand, When I Came First to this Land. New York: G. B. Putnam's. 1974
Film
Actor Zach Braff has been adapting Andrew Henry's Meadow into a film for Twentieth Century Fox since 2004.[2][1][3] Barry Sonnenfeld signed on to direct the film.[3][4][1]
References
- ^ a b c Siegel, Tatiana (2006-05-04). "Sonnenfeld eyeing trip to 'Meadow'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ OGUNNAIKE, Lola (2004-07-25). "In Defense Of the State of New Jersey". New York Times.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Sonnenfeld Directing Andrew Henry's Meadow". Empire Movies. 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
{{cite news}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "Sonnenfeld enters 'Andrew Henry's Meadow'". Time Out London. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2010-02-25.