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Paula Fox

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Born: 1923 AD
Currently alive, at 85 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Writers

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1923 - Born in New York on the 22nd of April, she is the daughter of screenwriter Elsie Fox and novelist Paul Hervey Fox

1943 - As a result of teenage marriage she gave birth to her daughter Linda.

1967 - She wrote the novel "Norton: Poor George".

1970 - Wrote the novel "Desperate Characters".

1972 - "The Western Coast".

1974 - She won the "Newbery Medal" for her children's novel "The Slave Dancer".

1984 - "A Servant's Tale".

1990 - "The God of Nightmares".





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