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Zoa Sherburne
26 books17 followersBorn in Seattle and reared in Washington, Mrs. Sherburne began writing while attending Whittier Elementary School and in early 1940 had progressed to the point that the weekly Ballard Tribune newspaper published a column of what she called light verse under the headline "The Gremlin's Say."
Then Mrs. Sherburne entered a radio program's limerick-writing contest and won a $250 first prize that was invested in a short-story-writing course. Over the next 15 years she had more than 300 short stories published in Women's Day, Seventeen, Collier's and other magazines.
When television began cutting into the magazines and her agent suggested she start writing books. The first of 13 full-length novels followed. She never learned to type. She said she was beyond that and that she composed as she typed.
All of Mrs. Sherburne's stories and novels dealt with young girls in some kind of crisis, "some kind of problem. One of them was about a girl whose mother was an alcoholic." That book, "Jennifer," eventually won an award from the Child Study Association of America.
Originally it was turned down by a publisher who said they could not publish anything like that. Two years later they called and asked, `Do you still have that book sitting around? " Her books were translated into 27 languages.
Another, "Stranger In The House," became a made-for-television movie starring Lindsay Wagner.
For many years she was a single parent because her husband of 30 years, Herbert, died when the younger children were small. Mrs. Sherburne did not remarry.
Then Mrs. Sherburne entered a radio program's limerick-writing contest and won a $250 first prize that was invested in a short-story-writing course. Over the next 15 years she had more than 300 short stories published in Women's Day, Seventeen, Collier's and other magazines.
When television began cutting into the magazines and her agent suggested she start writing books. The first of 13 full-length novels followed. She never learned to type. She said she was beyond that and that she composed as she typed.
All of Mrs. Sherburne's stories and novels dealt with young girls in some kind of crisis, "some kind of problem. One of them was about a girl whose mother was an alcoholic." That book, "Jennifer," eventually won an award from the Child Study Association of America.
Originally it was turned down by a publisher who said they could not publish anything like that. Two years later they called and asked, `Do you still have that book sitting around? " Her books were translated into 27 languages.
Another, "Stranger In The House," became a made-for-television movie starring Lindsay Wagner.
For many years she was a single parent because her husband of 30 years, Herbert, died when the younger children were small. Mrs. Sherburne did not remarry.
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