Josephine Cox

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]

For other people with similar names, see Jo Cox (disambiguation).

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
  • The Broken Man (2013) HarperCollins
  • The Runaway Woman (2014) HarperCollins
  • Two Sisters (2020) HarperCollins

References
  1. "Novelist Josephine Cox dies aged 82". BBC News. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "Josephine Cox Get to Know Jo". Josephinecox.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. Aspin, Jean (October 2007). "Josephine Cox". Authors. Fantastic Fiction.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Authors". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. "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.
  7. 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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