George Burden

George Burden is a family physician, a 1978 graduate of Dalhousie University, who has practiced for over twenty-five years in the village of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia.  He has had an active twenty year career as a freelance writer, with a focus on travel, but with publications encompassing the gamut of medical-history, human interest, humour, poetry and fiction.

Dr. Burden has placed articles with markets as diverse as The Readers Digest, The Halifax Sunday Herald, The Medical Post, Funny Times, The Writer and Just For Canadian Doctors, among many others.

His adventures have taken him from the depths of the ocean to the cockpit of a CF-18 fighter jet, from Antarctica to the palace of the King of the Ashanti.  He presently serves with the Explorers Club as regional chairman for Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

Dr. Burden published his first book, Amazing Medical Stories, co-authored with Dorothy Grant, in May of 2003 with Goose Lane Editions.  At present his interest is focused on producing articles for the travel and adventure market.

You can send mail to George Burden
c/o Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia