Wendy J. Fox (born 1979) is an American author born in

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. She is most known as a writer of fiction and has twice been a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards. In 2015, she was nominated for her collection "The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories" and in 2020, she was a finalist in literary fiction for "If the Ice Had Held." Fox has published short stories in ''

ZYZZYVA ''Zyzzyva'' is a triannual magazine of writers and artists. It places an emphasis on showcasing emerging voices and never before published writers in addition to the already established. Based in San Francisco, it began publishing in 1985. ''ZYZ ...

'', ''

Tampa Review ''Tampa Review'' is a literary magazine produced at The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 1964 as the ''Tampa Poetry Review'' and changed to its current name in 1988."Tampa Review wins award series" by Gina Vivinetto, ''St ...

'', '' The Pinch'', and ''

Washington Square Review ''Washington Square Review'' (usually shortened to ''ON SQU'') is a nationally distributed literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. It is the graduate equival ...

'', among others. She has also written for popular magazine outlets like

Self The self is an individual as the object of that individual’s own reflective consciousness. Since the ''self'' is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self—or ''selfhoo ...

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, and

The Rumpus ''The Rumpus'' is an online literary magazine launched on January 20, 2009. The site features interviews, book reviews, essays, comics, and critiques of creative culture as well as original fiction and poetry. The site runs two subscription-base ...

. She was included in 2006's

Tales from the Expat Harem ''Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey ''( tr, Türkçe Sevmek) is a nonfiction anthology by 32 expatriate women about their lives in modern Turkey, published by Seal Press in North America (2006, ) and Doğan Kitap in Tu ...

, an anthology of female writers based on the experiences of living in

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. She currently resides in

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, Colorado.

Early life and education

Fox was born and raised in rural

eastern Washington Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanf ...

state. She attended

Tonasket High School Tonasket High School is located in Tonasket, Washington about 25 miles south of the Canada–US border and 160 miles west of Spokane. The elementary, middle, and high school are all located on the same property; grades 6-12 share a spacious libra ...

and

Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) is a public community college in Wenatchee, Washington. The college provides students with adult education classes, certifications, associate degrees, and four bachelor's degrees. WVC's primary service district i ...

. She matriculated from

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

and went on to Eastern Washington University, where she earned an Master of Fine Arts.

Career

Until 2019, Fox worked as a marketer for a technology company, and had worked in information technology sector since 2006. She has been outspoken about the need for artists to have a "day job."

Awards and recognition

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’s inaugural short-fiction competition for her collection "The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories." * "The Pull of It", a novel named a top read by Displaced Nation. * SFWP's Grand Prize for "If the Ice Had Held"

Bibliography

* '' The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories'' (2014)

* '' The Pull of It'' (2016) Underground Voices * '' If the Ice Had Held'' (2019) Santa Fe Writers Project

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Wendy 1979 births Living people Western Washington University alumni Eastern Washington University alumni American women writers People from Tonasket, Washington 21st-century American women