Paula Fox

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April 22, 1923 in New York, New York, The United States

gender

female

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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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 her Love's grandmother....more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 4,998 ratings · 569 reviews · 55 distinct works

	The Slave Dancer 3.54 avg rating — 2,633 ratings — published 1973 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Desperate Characters 3.85 avg rating — 761 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions	My rating:
	One-Eyed Cat 3.21 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 1984 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Borrowed Finery: A Memoir 3.57 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Monkey Island 3.46 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Widow's Children 3.65 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Poor George by Paula Fox, Jonathan Lethem (Introduction) 3.37 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Coldest Winter: A Stringer in Liberated Europe 3.39 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Village by the Sea 3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The God of Nightmares by Paula Fox, Rosellen Brown (Introduction) 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	My rating:

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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

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“It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.”
― Paula Fox, The Village by the Sea

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“‎How pleasant to read uncompromised by purpose.”
― Paula Fox, Desperate Characters

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What Newbery Award winner would you like to read in July?

1974 - The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

9 votes 56.3%

1954 - ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold

4 votes 25.0%

1938 - The White Stag by Kate Seredy

2 votes 12.5%

1951 - Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

1 vote 6.3%

16 total votes

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