William Price Fox

Novelist

Birthday April 9, 1926

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Waukegan, IL

DEATH DATE Apr 19, 2015 (89)

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About

An American fiction writer and journalist, he is most famous for novels such as Southern Fried and Doctor Golf. Bruce Springsteen based the song "Darlington County" on Dixiana Moon, another novel by Fox.

Before Fame

He studied with Caroline Gordon at the University of South Carolina. Later, he taught creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Trivia

He wrote for publications such as Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Atlantic Monthly.

Family Life

He was born in Illinois and raised in South Carolina. With his wife, Sarah Gilbert, he had a daughter.

Associated With

He and John Irving both studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.