- Annie Fox (author)
Annie Fox (born 1950) is an American book author.
She graduated from
Cornell University with a degree in Human Development. She then completed her Master's in Education from theState University of New York at Cortland and became a teacher. Her first book was "People Are Like Lollipops" (1971, Holiday House).With her husband, game programmer
David Fox , she opened the world's first public access microcomputer facility (Marin Computer Center ) in 1977. Her first computer-oriented book was "Armchair BASIC: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microcomputers and Programming in BASIC" (1983, Osborn/McGraw-Hill). From there she became an award-winning writer/designer of children's CD-ROMs.Hey Terra
After her career as a children's CD-ROM designer, Annie created [http://www.theinsite.org/ The InSite] , a web site for teens and young adults. There she became "Terra", a kind of online
Dear Abby . From the thousands of letters she got, she wrote the book "Can You Relate" (Free Spirit Publishing, 2000). It was re-released in 2005 as "The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along". Also in 2005, she co-wrote "Too Stressed to Think? A teen guide to staying sane when life makes you CRAZY" (Free Spirit Publishing, 2005). The first book of Annie's new book series for teens: "Going your own Way in Middle School and Beyond" will be published by Free Spirit in early 2008.Trivia
In the game
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders designed by David Fox, the female characters have the names of the programmers' other halves. The character of Annie Larris has Fox's looks and maiden name.External links
* [http://www.electriceggplant.com/about.shtml Short autobiographies] of Annie and David Fox
* [http://www.anniefox.com/ AnnieFox.com] - Homepage
* [http://www.theinsite.org/ The InSite] - a web site for teens written and co-produced by Annie
* [http://books.anniefox.com Annie's current books]
* [http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/author_detail.cfm?AUTHOR_ID=71 Annie's author page on her publisher's site, FreeSpirit.com]
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