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Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 – March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books.
Mar 3, 2017 · Paula Fox, a distinguished writer for children and adults whose work illuminated lives filled with loss, dislocation and abandonment, conditions she knew firsthand from a very early age, died on...
May 13, 2024 · Paula Fox was an American author who wrote books for children and adults using a straightforward writing style that belied the turmoil below the surface. Her keen insight into interpersonal relationships elevated her novels above most popular fiction.
Mar 9, 2017 · After I learned that the writer Paula Fox had died last week, at the age of ninety-three, I took out my copy of “Desperate Characters,” her best-known novel, wary of the temptation to indulge ...
Mar 4, 2001 · The author's name was Paula Fox. The story -- a ruthless, elegant portrayal of the social paranoia of a bourgeois Brooklyn couple named Sophie and Otto Bentwood --...
Mar 7, 2017 · Paula Fox, who died in 2017 at 93, was a beloved novelist and memoirist, known for her sharp and insightful works of fiction. Read tributes from Jonathan Franzen, Lynne Tillman, Andrea Barrett, and others who praised her style, intelligence, and passion.
Apr 5, 2017 · Paula Fox, who has died aged 93, was one of the most admired US children’s authors of the 1970s and 80s. The emotional depth of her stories brought her the Newbery medal in 1974 for The Slave ...
