happy birthday america mary pope osborne

For six weeks, she camped out in a cave on the island of Crete. After graduating from UNC in 1971, Osborne and a friend went traveling. Mary Pope Osborne initially studied drama at the University of North Carolina in her junior year, however, she switched to a major in religion with a focus on comparative religions. College years, traveling, and early career Osborne grew invested in the local community theater spending all her free time there.

Osborne herself says of the experience: 'Moving was never traumatic for me, but staying in one place was.” After her father retired, her family settled in a small town in North Carolina. As a child, Osborne lived in Salzburg, Austria, as well as Oklahoma and Virginia. Her father's career required the family to travel rather extensively and regularly move. Mary Pope Osborne grew up in a military family, alongside her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce, her twin brother, Bill, and younger brother, Michael. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will. She would go on to write a variety of other kinds of children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, with her first book being published in 1982. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, sometimes for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Mary Pope Osborne (born May 20, 1949) is an American author of children's books. Mary Pope Osborne, photographed in 2012 by Elena Seibert.Ĭhildren's picture books, fantasy, myths and fairy tales retold, American biography and fictional diary

Happy birthday america mary pope osborne