did not last. The two divorced in 1981. In 1993, Burroway married her long-time partner, Utopian scholar Peter Ruppert. The two spend their time in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and Chicago. Writing career While in England, Burroway finished her first novel, Descend Again. Often overlooked by critics because it was not published in the United States, the book is structured around the myth of Plato's “Cave.” In 1961, Burroway's first book of poetry, But to the Season, was published by Keele University Press. Burroway spent 1960–1961 in New Haven, Connecticut after receiving an RCA/NBC scholarship in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. Her fourth novel, The Buzzards, came out in 1969. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Critic Elisabeth Muhlenfeld said, “The Buzzards is a political novel of unusual artistry. Its controlling metaphor is adopted from the first chorus of the Oresteia . . . . [when] warrior-birds swoop upon a pregnant hare, tearing out the unborn brood.” That same year the first of Burroway's two children's books, The Truck on the Track, came out in England. The American edition was published the following year by Bobbs-Merrill. The book enjoyed a long print run, Her second children's book The Giant Jam Sandwich with illustrations by John Vernon Lord was first published in 1972 and had enduring popularity. In 2008, composer Philip Wharton set it to music for narrator and orchestra, and the piece had its debut performance with the Iowa City Symphony. Burroway completed her fourth play, Hoddinott Veiling, in 1970; it was performed that year by ATV Network Television in London. Another play, The Fantasy Level, was first produced in 1961 at the Yale School of Drama, and again in 1968 by the Gardner Center for the Arts for the Brighton Festival in Sussex. The Beauty Operators was also produced by the Gardner Center for the Arts, then by the Armchair Theatre, Thames Television in London in 1970. In 1971, her marriage had finally collapsed. She came back to America with her sons after landing a position at the University of Illinois. Depressed and distraught, Burroway contemplated suicide. In 1972, Burroway accepted a position as Associate Professor of English Literature and Writing at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Except for brief stints at other institutions as a visiting professor, Burroway taught at Florida State University until her retirement in 2002. Burroway received a National Endowment for the Arts