She was also the author of three plays, including one based on Caddie Woodlawn. Her first novel, Anything Can Happen on the River, was published in 1934. She started writing fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children and eventually published nearly 30 novels during her career. Brink began writing articles and short stories that were accepted by local and then national publications.
Shortly afterwards she married Raymond Brink, with whom she lived in Europe for a time before settling in St. Carol attended the University of Idaho and then the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated in 1918. Her grandmother's tales of growing up in the Wisconsin woods became the basis of several of Carol's books and short stories, including the Newbery Award winner Caddie Woodlawn (1935). She was raised by her maternal grandmother and two aunts who were all gifted storytellers. Caroline Ryrie, called Carol, was born in Idaho and orphaned at a young age.
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