About Paula Fox
Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. Fox won the Newbery Medal in 1974 for her novel The Slave Dancer. She also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 and won a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart. In the mid-1990s, she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers. In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
Known for:
The Slave Dancer
Notable works:
The Slave Dancer (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction)
Awards:
Hans Christian Andersen Award|Newbery Medal|Guggenheim Fellowship|Zilveren Griffel
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