Gabrielle B. Burton

Born: 02/21/1939   Lansing , MI
Parents: Clifford J. and Helen M. Baker
Spouse: Roger Burton
Children: Maria, Jennifer, Ursula, Gabrielle, Charity
Address(es):
Permanent :
211 LeBrun Rd.
Eggertsville , NY 14226
USA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Impatient with Desire: The Lost Journal of Tamsen Donner History Adult New York: Hyperion 2010
Searching for Tamsen Donner
- Contains the 17 extant letters of Tamsen Donner, collected and published in one place for the first time, some of them seen by few outside Tamsen's descendants.
Non Fiction , Biography , History Adult Las Vegas, NV: University of Nebraska Press 2009
Manna From Heaven
- Screenplay
Drama Adult Five Sisters Productions 2001
Heartbreak Hotel
- Winner of the Maxwell Perkins Prize and the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writer's Award. Reprinted by Dalkey Archive (Publication Years: 1988, 1999)
Non Fiction Adult New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1988
I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation
- (Publication Years: 1972, 1975)
Non Fiction Know, Avon 1972 -1976
Other writings:
- Numerous essays and book reviews. For more information, see her website.
Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To communicate my concerns/to tell stories.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Other -

Awards:

Name Date
Nicholl Fellowscript for my screenplay "The Imperial Waltz" 2000
Winner of the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest 1999
Mary Pickford Prize for Screenwriters 1996
Maxwell Perkins Prize for exceptional first novel 1987
Great Lakes Colleges Assoc. New Writers Award for Fiction 1987

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd ed.
- Including in the following editions: 1980, 1993
1980 -1993
Who's Who of American Women
World's Who's Who of Women

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) American Film Institute Los Angeles , CA 1997
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Marygrove College Detroit , MI 1956 -1960

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Freelance writer Buffalo , NY 1974
Freelance writer WashingtonD.C. 1972 -1974

Other Resources:

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