Dorothy Cottrell

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.[1]

Dorothy Cottrell (1902-1957), Australian novelist

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)
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References
  1. Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell at Australian Dictionary of Biography


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