Archie Binns was an American author.

Archie Binns was born in Port Ludlow, WA and attended high school in Shelton, Washington

Shelton, Washington

Shelton is the county seat, of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 9,834 at the 2010 census. In terms of population, the city is ranked 161 out of approximately 500 municipalities in Washington...

. He graduated from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 in 1921. Though strongly influenced by his Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...

 upbringing, Binns moved to New York, NY in the 1920s. While at Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...

 publishing house his editor was Maxwell Perkins

Maxwell Perkins

William Maxwell Evarts Perkins , was the editor for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. He has been described as the most famous literary editor.-Career:...

. Binns returned to Seattle in the 1940s. He taught creative writing at the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

, at Western Washington State College

Western Washington University

Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:...

 and Skagit Valley College.

Binns' first wife Mollie died in 1954. He retired to Sequim, WA in 1964, where he continued to write until his death from a stroke. His second wife, Ellen Binns, survived him and died in 2008. Binns is survived by six children and many grandchildren.

Novels

• The Maiden Voyage (1931)
• Lightship
  Lightvessel
  A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction...
  
   (1934) (Appeared on CBS Radio Workshop)
• Backwater Voyage (1936)
• The Laurels Are Cut Down (1937)
• The Land is Bright (1939)
• Mighty Mountain (1940)
• Timber Beast (1944)
• You Rolling River (1947)
• The Headwaters (1957)

Histories and Biographies

• Northwest Gateway (1941)
• The Roaring Land (1942)
• Sea in the Forest (1953)
• Mrs Fiske and the American Theatre (1955)
• Peter Skene Ogden: Fur Trader (1967)

Juvenile Literature

• The Radio Imp (1950)
• Secret of Sleeping River (1952)
• Sea Pup (1954)
• The Enchanted Islands (1956)
• Here, Buster! (1962)
• Sea Pup Again (1965)

External links

Review of Lightship. Review of The Laurels Are Cut Down. Review of The Land is Bright.