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Name
  
Dorothy Cottrell


Role
  
Writer

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Died
  
1957, Homestead, Florida, United States

Books
  
Tharlane, The Silent Reefs

Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell (16 July 1902–29 June 1957), better known as Dorothy Cottrell, was an Australian writer. Born in Picton, she contracted infantile paralysis as a child and spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Her first novel, The Singing Gold, was published in 1928. She wrote a story Wilderness Orphan (1936) which was the basis for the feature film Orphan of the Wilderness (1936). She lived for a time in the US and also worked as an artist and cartoonist.

Writings

  • The Singing Gold (1927)
  • Earth Battle (1927) (US:
  • A Little Chapel of Memory (1932 est) Booklet on Mission Inn, Riverside, CA
  • Winks: His Book (1934)
  • Wilderness Orphan (1936) - filmed as Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
  • The Silent Reefs (1953) - filmed as The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
  • References

    Dorothy Cottrell Wikipedia


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