Paula Fox
Paula Fox
Paula Foxis an American writer 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. She has also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer; a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fictionfor A Place Apart; and the 2008 Deutscher...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth22 April 1923
CountryUnited States of America
Paula Fox quotes about
The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.
I don't like to listen to music while I'm working.
Freedom is a public library.
When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.