Evory, Ann, ed. Contemporary Authors.

First Revision Series. Vol. 5-6. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. Includes a short biographical sketch that highlights the author's personal life and career.

Estes, Glenn E., ed. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 52, American Writers for Children Since 1960: Fiction. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986.

Gives background information on Burch's life and detailed descriptions of his better known books.

Smith, Charlotte Hale. "Bachelor Writes Children's Stories." Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine (November 29, 1964): 55, 57, 59. In this interview, the author talks candidly about his boyhood and its influence on his writing.