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'''Brenda Maddox''' [[Royal Society of Literature|FRSL]] is an [[United States|American]] [[author]], [[journalist]], and [[biographer]], who has lived in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] since 1959. |
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Born in Brockton, [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]], [[Massachusetts]], she graduated from [[Harvard University]] (class of 1953) with a degree in [[English literature]] and also studied at the [[London School of Economics]]. She is a book reviewer for ''[[The Observer]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and regularly contributes to [[BBC Radio 4]] as a critic and commentator. Her biographies of [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[D. H. Lawrence]], [[Nora Barnacle|Nora Joyce]], [[William Butler Yeats|W. B. Yeats]] and [[Rosalind Franklin]] have been widely acclaimed. She has won the ''Los Angeles Times'' Biography Award, the Silver PEN Award, the [[France|French]] ''Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger'', and the Whitbread Biography Prize. |
Born in Brockton, [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]], [[Massachusetts]], she graduated from [[Harvard University]] (class of 1953) with a degree in [[English literature]] and also studied at the [[London School of Economics]]. She is a book reviewer for ''[[The Observer]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and regularly contributes to [[BBC Radio 4]] as a critic and commentator. Her biographies of [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[D. H. Lawrence]], [[Nora Barnacle|Nora Joyce]], [[William Butler Yeats|W. B. Yeats]] and [[Rosalind Franklin]] have been widely acclaimed. She has won the ''Los Angeles Times'' Biography Award, the Silver PEN Award, the [[France|French]] ''Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger'', and the Whitbread Biography Prize. |
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| Born | Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Biographer Journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | John Maddox |
| Children | Bronwen Maddox, Bruno Maddox |
Brenda Maddox FRSL is an American author, journalist, and biographer, who has lived in the UK since 1959.
Born in Brockton, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, she graduated from Harvard University (class of 1953) with a degree in English literature and also studied at the London School of Economics. She is a book reviewer for The Observer, The Times, New Statesman, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, and regularly contributes to BBC Radio 4 as a critic and commentator. Her biographies of Elizabeth Taylor, D. H. Lawrence, Nora Joyce, W. B. Yeats and Rosalind Franklin have been widely acclaimed. She has won the Los Angeles Times Biography Award, the Silver PEN Award, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, and the Whitbread Biography Prize.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999.[1]
Maddox lives in London and spends time at her cottage near Brecon, Wales where she and her late husband, Sir John Maddox, were actively involved within the local community. She is vice-president of the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature, member of the Editorial Board of British Journalism Review, and a past chairman of the Broadcasting Press Guild. Maddox has two children and two stepchildren.
Bibliography
- Beyond Babel - New directions in communications London: The Trinity Press., 1972. ISBN 023396004x
- Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor? A Myth of Our Time. New York: M. Evans & Co., 1977. ISBN 0871312433
- D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0671687123
- Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W.B. Yeats. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0060174943
- Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom. New York: Mariner Books, 2000. ISBN 0618057005
- Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN 0060184078
- "Mother of DNA" New Humanist. 117 (2002): 3.
- "The woman who cracked the BBC's glass ceiling" British Journalism Review. 13: 2 (2003): 69-72.
- Maggie: The Personal Story of a Public Life. New York: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0340825456
- "The whole world in his hand" The Times. May 27, 2006.
References
- ^ "Royal Society of Literature All Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
External links
- NPR: Rosalind Franklin: Dark Lady of DNA - an audio interview
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