Cate Burns

Real Life - Real Laughs: Humor When You Need It Most, Cate Burns' collection of 38 humorous vignettes, has its roots in her childhood "Daily Diary," a padded pink vinyl diary with a well-used lock and key. She has continued journaling life's joys and absurdities to the present. This rich material, combined with Burns' family tradition of humor, both dark and light, inspires her ongoing explorations. Burns illustrates many vignettes with her original paintings, drawings and family photos. She...See more

Real Life - Real Laughs: Humor When You Need It Most, Cate Burns' collection of 38 humorous vignettes, has its roots in her childhood "Daily Diary," a padded pink vinyl diary with a well-used lock and key. She has continued journaling life's joys and absurdities to the present. This rich material, combined with Burns' family tradition of humor, both dark and light, inspires her ongoing explorations. Burns illustrates many vignettes with her original paintings, drawings and family photos. She honors (or defames) the lineage in her maternal family that dates to the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The author lectures and teaches internationally at universities in Prague, The Czech Republic, New York City, Los Angeles and many other cities. She has received grants and awards such as the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Award and the Wu & Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York City; and The Twentieth Century Award for Achievement and the International Woman of the Year Award from the International Biographical Centre, London. She has won first place awards in the London Book Festival, the Amsterdam Book Festival and the Paris Book Festival, the national Lorrin Tarr Gill Writing Competition and the Pacific Rim Book Festival. Past published works include an Opinion Editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California; Opinion/Editorial columnist, OUR TURN, Tahoe World newspaper chain in Northern Nevada and Eastern California; and a book of humorous essays, Libido Tsunami: Awash with the Droll in Life (2016, Savant Books and Publications). See less