William Price Fox
William Price Fox Jr. (April 9, 1926 – April 19, 2015) was an American novelist best known for Southern Fried and Doctor Golf. He also wrote for magazines such as Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Times.
He was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and spent most of his life in the South. He left high school to join the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, lying about his age to enlist. After the war he finished high school and went to the University of South Carolina to study writing with Caroline Gordon.
Fox taught writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and served as Writer-In-Residence at the University of South Carolina until 2007. He lived in South Carolina for many years, moving to Baltimore in 2008 and later to Washington, D.C.
He was married to novelist and artist Sarah Gilbert Fox. They had one daughter, Jenkins. Fox also had a son, Colin, and a daughter, Kathy, from previous marriages. His other books include Dixiana Moon, Pitching Tents, and Ruby Red. Fox died on April 19, 2015, at the age of 89.
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