Not many writers’ claim to fame is based on penning obituaries — indeed, Margalit Fox (born 1961) may be the only one. Fox joined the obituary department of The New York Times in 2004, and authored over 1,400 obits before her retirement from the paper in 2018. Her obits often were beautifully crafted literary works in their own right. (Be sure to watch “The Obituary of the Most Interesting Man in the World” linked below.)
But Fox is not known just for writing obits: She also has written several well-received non-fiction books:
— Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind (2007)
— The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (2013)
— Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer (2018)
— The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History (2021)
— Wikipedia
Quote: “By the late nineteenth century, as British cities teemed with new inhabitants, crime rates rose and more established residents came to be afflicted with a new, urban, and distinctly modern anxiety. For the middle and upper classes, it centered acutely on the protection of property, coalescing in particular around city dwellers who were not members of the bourgeoisie. These included the working class, the poor, new immigrants, and Jews, all of whom were viewed increasingly as agents of social contagion — a threat in urgent need of containment.”
— Margalit Fox | GoodReads.com
Learn more about Margalit Fox from Wikipedia. ►
Watch “The Obituary of the Most Interesting Man in the World | Margalit Fox” [2:10]. ►
Watch “Enjoy the Hell out of Life | Margalit Fox | Conversations With Tyler” [3:24]. ►
Watch “First Person: Margalit Fox in Conversation with Ruth Franklin” [1:08:23]. ►
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