Paula Fox
Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 - March 1, 2017) was an American author 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 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 Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart; and the 2008 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Portrait of Ivan (1969) in its German-language edition Ein Bild von Ivan.
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| Born | April 22, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 2017 (aged 93) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1966–2011 |
| Genre | Children's literature; novels, memoirs |
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| Notable awards | Newbery Medal 1974 Hans Christian Andersen Award 1978 |
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| Children | 3; including Linda Carroll |
| Parents | Paul Hervey Fox (father) |
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In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. The NYSW Hall of Fame is a project of the Empire State Center for the Book. Her adult novels went out of print in 1992. In the mid nineties she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers.