Daniel Fox biography
Daniel Fox is a British writer who first went to Taiwan at the millennium and became obsessed, to the point of learning Mandarin and writing about the country in three different genres. Before this he had published a couple of dozen books and many hundreds of short stories, under a clutch of other names. He has also written poetry and plays. Some of this work has won awards.
Daniel Fox books
- Dragon in Chains (2009)
- Jade Man's Skin (2010)
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Introducing South Africa’s youngest published author
While most teenagers were devouring the world’s bestselling fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings [link to book review], 16-year-old Andy Petersen was writing his own. The grade 11 pupil at St John’s College has become South Africa’s youngest published author, with his debut novel Daniel Fox and the [...]
January 2009 issue of Locus Magazine now available
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An obituary and appreciations of Forrest J Ackerman
News coverage of the publishing industry's Black Wednesday
A new column by Cory Doctorow, "Writing in the Age of Distraction"
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