While at Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house his editor was Maxwell Perkins. Binns returned to Seattle in the 1940s. He taught creative writing at the University of Washington, at Western Washington State College and Skagit Valley College.
At Charles Scribner's Sons publishing house, Binns was supervised by Maxwell Perkins. He subsequently returned to Seattle in the 1940s and taught creative writing at multiple educational institutions, such as the University of Washington, Western Washington State College, and Skagit Valley College.