Josephine Cox (15 July 1938 – 17 July 2020)[1][2] also known as Jo Cox,[3] was an English author.[4] Her books were frequently best sellers and the UK Public Lending Rights figures often listed her in the top three borrowed authors.[5]
Biography
Born in a millworker's house in Blackburn, Lancashire, Cox was one of the ten children of an alcoholic father.[6] At the age of sixteen, she met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When her children started school, she went to college, eventually being offered a place at the University of Cambridge. She was unable to accept the Cambridge place because it would have meant living away from home and went on to become a teacher.
Cox won the "Superwoman of Great Britain Award", for which her family had secretly entered her when her first full-length novel was accepted for publication.[3]
Cox also wrote under the name Jane Brindle, her mother's name. Altogether she wrote over 50 books.[7]
Selected works
- The Beachcomber (2013) HarperCollins [1]
- The Broken Man (2013) HarperCollins [2]
- The Runaway Woman (2014) HarperCollins [3]
- Two Sisters (2020) HarperCollins [4]
References
- ^ "Novelist Josephine Cox dies aged 82". BBC News. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Josephine Cox, author who drew upon her tough upbringing to write a string of bestsellers – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Josephine Cox Get to Know Jo". Josephinecox.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Aspin, Jean (October 2007). "Josephine Cox". Authors. Fantastic Fiction.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Authors". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Josephine Cox, author who drew upon her tough upbringing to write a string of bestsellers – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Vucicevic, Ajda (24 January 2014). "LBA author Jo Cox invited to appear on Desert Island Discs". LBA Books. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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