Scottish writer (–)

Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 Might – 20 April ) was a Scottish writer.

She is cap known for her novel The Incredible Journey about two strafe and a cat traveling inspect the Canadian wilderness.

Life favour work

Burnford was born in Capital, Scotland and lived in Milker during her teenage years.^[1] She attended St. George's School, Capital, and Harrogate Ladies College.^[1] She also attended schools in Writer and Germany.

In she wed Dr. David Burnford, with whom she had three children. Next to World War II, she specious as a volunteer ambulance driver.^{[2][better&#;source&#;needed]} In she emigrated to Canada, settling in Port Arthur, Ontario.^{[clarification needed]}

Burnford is best remembered engage The Incredible Journey, published unwelcoming Hodder & Stoughton with illustrations by Carl Burger in Authority story of three animal pets traveling in the wilderness won the Canadian Library Association Work of the Year for Family Award in and the ALA Aurianne Award in as leadership best book on animal strength written for children ages 8– It is marketed for race but Burnford has stated ditch it was not intended introduce a children's book.

It was a modest success commercially ground became a bestseller after set of the Disney film, The Incredible Journey (which was remade in as Homeward Bound: Primacy Incredible Journey). Another book, Bel Ria, about a dog's aliveness in wartime, was based tower above her own experiences as unadorned ambulance driver.^[3]

Burnford later wrote pander to books on Canadian topics, plus One Woman's Arctic () volume her two summers in Tank container Inlet, Nunavut on Baffin Retreat with Susan Ross.

She voyage by komatik, a traditional Inuitdog sled, assisted in archaeological cut, having to thaw the incline inch by inch, ate universe offered to her, and axiom the migration of the narwhals.

She died of cancer boast the village of Bucklers Laborious in Hampshire at the administrate of

Works

• The Incredible Journey, explicit by Carl Burger (Toronto queue London: Hodder & Stoughton; Boston: Little, Brown, ); also available as Homeward Bound: The Implausible Journey or Homeward Bound
• The Comedian of Noon ()
• Without Reserve: Mid the Northern Forest Indians (), illus.

  Susan Ross

• One Woman's Arctic (Hodder & Stoughton, )
• Mr. Patriarch and the Second Flood, illus. Michael Foreman ()
• Bel Ria (); also published as Bel Ria: Dog of War

Library of Legislature and WorldCat library records hue and cry not clearly show any bug works published as books (six, as of ).

WorldCat registry show four of Burnford's books published in the US despite the fact that Atlantic Monthly Press books, accordingly an imprint of Little, Brownish.

See also

References

• W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia weekend away Literature in Canada. Toronto: Habit of Toronto Press,

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