Lois Cox

Lois Marguerite Cox QSM is a New Zealand writer. She writes under her own name and is also one half of a writing partnership with Hilary Lapsley which publishes under the pen-name Jennifer Palgrave.[1]

Biography

In 1974, Cox worked with Harvey McQueen to co-edit the first anthology for schools of work by contemporary New Zealand poets, Ten Modern New Zealand Poets.[2]

From 1995 to 1998 she was one of a team of three interviewers who collected oral histories of older lesbians who had grown up in New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s.[3] In 2000, she received a New Zealand History Research Trust Fund award to develop the project.[4] In 2003, she contributed a chapter to Outlines: lesbian & gay histories of Aotearoa.[5]

In the 1986 New Year Honours she was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[6]

Publications
  • McQueen H. & Cox L. (1974). Ten Modern New Zealand Poets. Longman Paul.[7]
  • Palgrave J. (2019). The one that got away. Town Belt Press.[8]
  • Palgrave J. (2021). Rising Tide. Town Belt Press.[9]

Personal life

Cox is in a long-term relationship with Hilary Lapsley. The couple split their time between Cox's home in Wellington and their apartment in an Auckland co-housing development.[10]

References
  1. "Lois Cox | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa". Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. "Obituary: Harvey John McQueen, ONZM, JP" (Press release). Scoop. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. "Older lesbians' stories oral history project". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. "New Zealand History Research Trust recipients". Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. "Outlines : lesbian & gay histories of Aotearoa". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. "Cox, Lois". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. Ten modern New Zealand poets. Harvey McQueen, Lois Cox. Auckland: Longman Paul. 1974. ISBN 0-582-68795-0. OCLC 1366513.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. Palgrave, Jennifer (2019). The one that got away. Wellington, NZ. ISBN 978-0-473-50007-8. OCLC 1129388379.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. Palgrave, Jennifer (2021). Rising tide. Wellington, NZ. ISBN 978-0-473-56050-8. OCLC 1241967562.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. Hawkes, Colleen (9 July 2022). "What it's like to retire to a co-housing development, with neighbours from 1 to 80". Stuff. Retrieved 13 April 2023.


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