“I
don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people
who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very
fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian,
or a musician.” – Paula Fox
Born on this date in 1923, Fox
authored novels for both adults and children and wrote two award-winning
memoirs. Winner of the biennial,
international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition
for a creator of children's books, she also won the Newbery Medal for her novel
The Slave Dancer, and a National Book Award for A Place Apart.
The daughter of a Cuban immigrant,
she was born and spent most of her life in New York City where she attended
Columbia University and had a relationship with Marlon Brando, alleged to be
the father of her daughter Linda Carroll. 
Carroll went on to become a famous psychotherapist and author in her own
right as well as the mother of singer Courtney Love.
Carroll went on to become a famous psychotherapist and author in her own
right as well as the mother of singer Courtney Love.
While Fox’s adult books were well
received (she wrote 6 novels and a book of essays), she remains best known for
her nearly two dozen children’s books, many lauded for their attention to their
detailed voice and setting. “I have a
painter's memory,” she once said. “I can remember things from my childhood which
were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back to become a part
of my writing.”
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