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'Paula Fox' (born April 22, 1923) is an American author of several children's books and adult memoirs. In 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in recognition of the quality of her work.
Fox is the daughter of Cuban-born screenwriter Elsie Fox (nee "De Sola")[1] and novelist Paul Hervey Fox. She was given up for adoption as an infant and was passed among various relatives and friends. In her 2001 memoir ''Borrowed Finery'', Fox recalled that at her first meeting with her mother, at age five, "I sensed that if she could have hidden the act she would have killed me." Not long after, another visit with Paula and Elsie ended when her mother threw a glass at her.
A teenage marriage produced a daughter, Linda, in 1943. 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; Fox is, therefore, Love's biological maternal grandmother.
She published her first book in 1966. She is the author of six autobiographical novels, sixteen children's books, and one memoir.
''The Slave Dancer, a children's book was published in 1973. It received the Newbery Medal in 1974.
1. http://www.wargs.com/other/cobain.html
★ Paula Fox bio on frontstreetbooks.com
★ Jesse Lichtenstein interviews Paula Fox for ''Loggernaut''.
★ A Qualified Optimist, U.K. Guardian, Aida Edemariam, June 21, 2003
| Contents |
| Childhood |
| Through adulthood |
| Her works |
| Footnotes |
| External links |
Childhood
Fox is the daughter of Cuban-born screenwriter Elsie Fox (nee "De Sola")[1] and novelist Paul Hervey Fox. She was given up for adoption as an infant and was passed among various relatives and friends. In her 2001 memoir ''Borrowed Finery'', Fox recalled that at her first meeting with her mother, at age five, "I sensed that if she could have hidden the act she would have killed me." Not long after, another visit with Paula and Elsie ended when her mother threw a glass at her.
Through adulthood
A teenage marriage produced a daughter, Linda, in 1943. 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; Fox is, therefore, Love's biological maternal grandmother.
Her works
She published her first book in 1966. She is the author of six autobiographical novels, sixteen children's books, and one memoir.
''The Slave Dancer, a children's book was published in 1973. It received the Newbery Medal in 1974.
Footnotes
1. http://www.wargs.com/other/cobain.html
External links
★ Paula Fox bio on frontstreetbooks.com
★ Jesse Lichtenstein interviews Paula Fox for ''Loggernaut''.
★ A Qualified Optimist, U.K. Guardian, Aida Edemariam, June 21, 2003
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