James Fox (journalist)

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James Fox
Born1945 (age 79–80)
Washington D.C., US
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
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(m. 2001;sep. 2017)​
Children2

James Fox (born 19 November 1945) is a British journalist best known for his book, White Mischief, and for co-authoring Life, the best-selling memoir of Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards. [1]

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Life and career

Fox was born in Washington, D.C., U.S. and worked as a journalist in Africa as well as reporting for London's Sunday Times . [2] His first book, White Mischief, is an account of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941. [3] He researched the book with Cyril Connolly in 1969 and it was later adapted into a film by Michael Radford in the 1980s. [4] Fox also wrote The Langhorne Sisters , also known as Five Sisters: The Langhornes of Virginia.

He married the fashion designer Bella Freud in 2001. They have a son, James "Jimmy" Lux Fox. The couple separated in 2017. [5]

He has a son, Thomas, from a previous marriage with Valérie Mariane Lalonde (née Lévy) [6]

Bibliography

Books

Essays and reporting

References

  1. ↑ Kakutani, Michiko (25 October 2010). "'Life,' Keith Richards's Memoir". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Fusilli, Jim (27 October 2010). "Keith Richards, With No Ax to Grind | Cultural Conversation by Jim Fusilli". WSJ.com. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  3. ↑ French, Paul (18 May 2012). "Five Best: Paul French" – via www.wsj.com.
  4. ↑ "White Mischief" – via www.imdb.com.
  5. ↑ Mills, Simon (27 November 2020). "Bella Freud: I am definitely up for adventure". www.standard.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Burke's Peerage Volume 107". Burke's Peerage. 107: 1152.


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