Josephine Cox

Josephine Cox (born 1941), also known as Jo Cox,[1] is an English author.[2] Her books are frequently best sellers and the UK Public Lending Rights figures often list her in the top three borrowed authors.[3]

Born in a cotton mill house in Blackburn, Cox was one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, she met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When her children started school, she went to college, eventually gaining a place at the University of Cambridge, but was unable to accept her place as it would have meant living away from home but she did go on to become a teacher. Cox won the "Superwoman of Great Britain Award", for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her first full-length novel was accepted for publication.[1]

She has also written under the name of Jane Brindle, her mother's name. She has written over 50 books.[4]

Selected works

  • Living a Lie

References

  1. 1 2 "Josephine Cox Get to Know Jo". Josephinecox.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Aspin, Jean (October 2007). "Josephine Cox". Authors. Fantastic Fiction.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Biography at - Harper Collins
  4. ↑ Vucicevic, Ajda (24 January 2014). "LBA author Jo Cox invited to appear on Desert Island Discs". LBA Books. Retrieved 16 January 2018.


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