Dorothy Cottrell

Ida Dorothy Ottley Cottrell (16 July 1902 – 29 June 1957) 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)