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Olive Ann Burns (July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed novel, Cold Sassy Tree, published in 1984.
Jul 6, 1990 · Olive Ann Burns, whose illness with lymphoma prompted her to write the 1984 novel ''Cold Sassy Tree,'' died on Wednesday. She was 65 years old and lived in Atlanta. Ms....
Dec 3, 2005 · Olive Ann Burns, a native of Banks County, began her writing career as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine in 1946. She is best known for her novel Cold Sassy Tree (1984), which is set in the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Georgia, and draws upon Burns's family history.
Jul 4, 1990 · Olive Ann Burns was a professional writer, journalist, and columnist for most of her life. She published two novels, one posthumously, and for many years was a staff writer for Atlanta newspapers and the Atlanta Journal Magazine.
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Jul 6, 1990 · Olive Ann Burns, a journalist who wrote the best-selling novel “Cold Sassy Tree” as therapy when she contracted cancer, has died. She was 65.
Olive Ann Burns was a writer for all of her professional life, but she completed only one book before her death in 1990. That book, Cold Sassy Tree, has become a phenomenon since its publication in 1984, selling over one million copies worldwide and still going strong.
Olive Ann Burns. Olive Ann Burns’ 1984 novel Cold Sassy Tree, about a Georgia town at the beginning of the twentieth century, remains in print decades after its publication and continues to reach millions of readers with a timeless story that transcends regional boundaries.
