Geoffrey Fox


Location Carboneras, Spain
Occupation writer
Website http://geoffreyfox.com

Books by Geoffrey Fox
  • by Geoffrey Fox
    Lintel Pubns Co, 1989-01.

  • by Geoffrey Fox
    University of Arizona Press, 1997.

  • by Geoffrey E Fox, Geoffrey E. Fox
    Lippincott, 1990.

  • by Geoffrey Fox
    Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1991-11.

  • by Geoffrey E Fox
    Barnes & Noble Books, 1998.

  • by Geoffrey E Fox
    R & E Research Associates, 1979.

  • by Geoffrey Fox
    CreateSpace, 2010.
  • About Me

    The experience behind my fiction includes long contact with Latin America, which gave me the subject matter for my earlier publications, and training in sociology which helps me sharpen the questions I ask in my fiction. My latest novel, A Gift for the Sultan (2010), is not about Latin America; it takes place in Constantinople and Anatolia in 1402. But it is about big social questions: How does a great city cope with the threat of destruction? How can oppressed people take advantage of a crisis to forge their liberation? What happens when people of utterly opposed ideologies — in this case, Orthodox Christian and Muslim — find reasons to collaborate?

    Most recent nonfiction book is Hispanic Nation (U. Arizona Press, 1997). Coming up: A history of architecture and urbanism in Latin America, co-written with architect Susana Torre, to be published by W. W. Norton. And of course, more fiction, not necessarily related to Latin America.

    Why do you write?

    To think things through, to engage in discourse with others who are trying to think things through, and for the thrill of seeing something of mine in print. Mostly it's great fun.

    Any favorite authors? Books?

    Lately I've been discovering contemporary Spanish writers. Favorites include Antonio Muñoz Molina (especially El jinete polaco), Arturo Pérez Reverte (his swashbucklers are especially entertaining), Manuel Rivas (Los libros arden mal impressed me deeply), the late lamented Dulce Chacón (La voz dormida) and others. My alter ego Baltasar Lotroyo has a whole file of notes on our favorite books in Spanish at our Pequeña biblioteca comentada. My reviews in English of fiction that has impressed me are at Fiction readings. They include everybody from Zadie Smith to Saul Bellow.

    Geoffrey Fox's Wall

    Beate Sigriddaughter – Oct 12, 2011

    Hi Geoffrey, thanks for reading both A Fable of Leaves and Eclipse. I appreciate your comments.

    Kathy Fish – Nov 17, 2010

    Geoffrey thanks for reading and commenting on "Moro". I look forward to reading your stories!

    Jürgen Fauth – Jul 07, 2009

    Hi Geoff, glad you like the site. The notification you saw should also tell you which story was faved; it's a way to show others and the authors that you liked a story, and it helps promote it on the front page "recommended" listing. Here's the relevant entry in the FAQ: http://fictionaut.com/etc/faq#12.

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