Paula Fox was born April 22, 1923, in New York City. Her father was a writer. The family moved around a great deal, and by the time she was 12, Paula had gone to nine different schools, including a one-room school in Cuba. The first thing she sought out in every school was the library. The Cuban school didn't have one.
Before she wrote kids' books, Fox was a salesgirl, a model, a worker in a rivet-sorting shop, and a lathe operator at Bethlehem Steel during World War II.
Fox lives in New York City, where she enjoys writing and playing the piano.
Quotes:
"Public libraries embody freedom, solace, and truth."
"A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it."
"As I sit at my typewriter, working, there are moments when I feel I cannot write another word, when the sheer difficulty of discovering what I mean to say and how to say it is so daunting that I want to stop forever. I haven't yet stopped."
Books:
Amzat and His Brothers: Three Italian Tales
Desperate Characters
The Eagle Kite
A Likely Place
Lily and the Lost Boy
Maurice's Room
Monkey Island
The Moonlight Man
One-Eyed Cat
Radiance Descending
The Slave Dancer (1974 Newbery Award)
The Village by the Sea
Western Wind
The Widow's Children
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http://204.234.22.1/SDGI/Dodge.dragonweb/Dodge.pages/authors/fox.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/pfox.html
www.amazon.com
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