Gabrielle Burton

Gabrielle Burton (born Gabrielle Diane Bridget Baker; August 21, 1939 – September 3, 2015) was an American feminist novelist and screenwriter.

She was born in Lansing, Michigan to Clifford and Helen (née Dailey) Baker. She attended Marygrove College and the American Film Institute. Her best-known novels were I’m Running Away From Home but I’m Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women’s Liberation, Heartbreak Hotel, Impatient With Desire and Searching for Tamsen Donner. Burton was awarded a Nicholl Fellowship in 2000 and wrote the 2002 film Manna from Heaven.

Death

Gabrielle Baker Burton died of pancreatic cancer in Venice, California on September 3, 2015, aged 76.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Gabrielle Burton, Feminist Novelist and Screenwriter, Dies at 76". The New York Times. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.


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