Christopher Cox (writer)

Christopher Cox (born 1949 - died in 1990) in Manhattan, New York City) was an American writer.

Biography

Cox, who was gay,^[1] is perhaps best known for his collaboration within The Violet Quill.^[2] He later went on to become senior editor of Ballantine Books.^[3]

He was also a man of the theatre. He appeared in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and later worked at the Jean Cocteau Theater, New York City.^[3]

He died of HIV in 1990.^[3]

His birth name was Ray Cox Jr.

Bibliography

• A Key West Companion, 1983

References

1. ^ Currier, Jameson (1994-05-01), "No Shrinking Violets", LA Times, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59468516.html?dids=59468516:59468516&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+01%2C+1994&author=Jameson+Currier&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=No+Shrinking+Violets+A+new+anthology+shows+how+a+gay+literary+circle+helped+define+an+alternative+to+the+traditional+family.+THE+VIOLET+QUILL+READER%3A+The+Emergence+of+Gay+Writing+After+Stonewall%2C+Edited+by+David+Bergman+(St.+Martin%27s+Press%3A+%2424.95%3B+410+pp.)&pqatl=google, retrieved 2008-08-03 
2. ^ Edmund White, 'EDMUND WHITE', A Boy's Own Story, London:Picador, 1994
3. ^ ^{a b c} Christopher Cox; Editor, 41

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Name	Cox, Christopher
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Date of birth	1949
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Date of death	1990
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