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Paula Fox
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born
April 22, 1923
gender
female
place of birth
New York, New York, The United States
genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
about this author
Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer (1973) received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.
A teenage marriage produced a daughter, Linda, in 1944. However, given the tumultuous relationship with her own biological parents, she gave the child up for adoption. Fox later attended Columbia University, married the literary critic and translator Martin Greenberg, raised two sons, taught, and began to write.
The daughter Fox gave up for adoption, Linda Carroll, is the mother of controversial musician Courtney Love; making...more
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The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox avg rating 3.55 — 478 ratings — published 1974 23 editions |
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Desperate Characters by Paula Fox avg rating 3.85 — 262 ratings — published 1970 7 editions |
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One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox avg rating 3.29 — 117 ratings — published 1984 13 editions |
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Borrowed Finery: A Memoir by Paula Fox avg rating 3.57 — 97 ratings — published 1970 9 editions |
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The Coldest Winter: A Stringer in Liberated Europe by Paula Fox avg rating 3.40 — 42 ratings — published 2005 5 editions |
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Monkey Island by Paula Fox avg rating 3.60 — 35 ratings — published 1991 7 editions |
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Poor George: A Novel by Paula Fox, Jonathan Lethem avg rating 3.47 — 32 ratings — published 2001 3 editions |
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The Widow's Children by Paula Fox avg rating 3.71 — 28 ratings — published 1976 5 editions |
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The Village by the Sea by Paula Fox avg rating 3.71 — 21 ratings — published 1988 4 editions |
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A Servant's Tale: A Novel by Paula Fox avg rating 3.50 — 18 ratings — published 1984 4 editions |
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"When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener."
— Paula Fox
— Paula Fox
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