12 Facts About Janet Burroway

Janet Burroway was born on September 21,1936 and is an American author.

Janet Burroway was educated at the University of Arizona, Barnard College of Columbia University, Cambridge University, and the Yale School of Drama.

Janet Burroway married Belgian theatre director Walter Eysselinck and lived in Belgium for two years where she worked as a costume designer.

Janet Burroway married William Dean Humphries, an artist, in 1978, but the marriage did not last.

In 1993, Janet Burroway married her long-time partner, Utopian scholar Peter Ruppert.

Janet Burroway completed her fourth play, Hoddinott Veiling, in 1970; it was performed that year by ATV Network Television in London.

Janet Burroway came back to America with her sons after landing a position at the University of Illinois.

In 1972, Janet Burroway accepted a position as Associate Professor of English Literature and Writing at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Except for brief stints at other institutions as a visiting professor, Janet Burroway taught at Florida State University until her retirement in 2002.

Janet Burroway received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in 1976, which was followed by two resident fellowships at Yaddo, one in 1985 and again in 1987.

Janet Burroway wrote two more novels, Opening Nights, which draws on her background in theatre, and Cutting Stone, set, like her first novel, in a small Arizona town of another era.

Janet Burroway's work has been greeted with approval, enthusiasm, and, on occasion, rave reviews.