Norma Fox Mazer

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Norma Fox Mazer (born May 15, 1931 in New York City , † October 17, 2009 in Montpelier , Vermont ) was an American children's and youth author.

Life

Norma Fox grew up with two sisters in Glens Falls, New York State . She studied at Antioch College in Yellow Springs , Ohio and at Syracuse University . In 1950 she married Harry Mazer .

After Norma Fox Mazer and her husband had made a living for many years writing stories for magazines and magazines, their first youth book Ich, Trissy came out in 1970 . Her next novel, A figure of speech , the German edition of which is entitled If someone calls, tell him I am dead , received a 1974 National Book Award nomination in the Children's Books category. In 1978, Norma Fox became Mazer for the short story book Dear Bill, do you remember? the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award . She received the 1982 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Juvenile category for Taking Terri Mueller , which came out as a phone call after eight years in German translation .

Norma Fox Mazer wrote more than thirty books that have received multiple awards. Her works for young adolescents often deal with family separation, the loss and death of loved ones. In addition , if someone calls him say, if I were dead and call after eight years belong Do you think the hawk saw us? and well , sister? on her most famous novels in the German-speaking world. In 1984, When We First Met was filmed for television by HBO . Together with her husband Harry she wrote The Solid Gold Kid (1977) and Last Mission (1988), as well as Heartbeat (1989) and Bright Days, Stupid Nights (1992), both of which have also been published in German.

The Mazers lived for many years in Jamesville , New York, and later in Montpelier, Vermont, where Norma Fox Mazer taught at Vermont College from 1997 to 2006 . The marriage had four children; Daughter Anne Mazer is also a writer.

Works (selection)

  • Dear Bill, do you remember? And other stories. ( Dear Bill, remember me? And other stories. ) Sauerländer, Aarau [u. a.] 1978; dtv, Munich 1986
  • If someone calls, tell them I'm dead. ( A figure of speech. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1982; Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985
  • Me and you and Mrs. Fish ( Mistress Fish, Ape, and me, the Dump Queen ) Ueberreuter, Vienna 1982; Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1988
  • Me, Trissy. ( I, Trissy. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1983
  • Do you think the hawk saw us? ( Up in Seth's room. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1983; dtv, Munich 1990
  • Call after eight years. ( Taking Terri Mueller. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1985; dtv, Munich 1990
  • Well, little sister? ( Three sisters. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1987; dtv, Munich 1991
  • Farewell and beginning ( After the rain. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1988; dtv, Munich 1994
  • What nobody should know. ( Downtown. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1988
  • Heart beat. ( Heartbeat , with Harry Mazer ) Anrich, Kevelaer 1989; Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 1999
  • Silver. ( Silver. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1990; Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1996
  • Lucky guy. ( Babyface. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1992; dtv, Munich 2000
  • Great days. ( Bright Days, Stupid Nights , with Harry Mazer) Sauerländer, Aarau 1994; Unionsverlag, Zurich 1998
  • Actually, nothing happened. ( Out of control. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1995; Carlsen, Hamburg 2003
  • Raspberry is his favorite ice cream ( missing pieces. ) Sauerländer, Aarau 1999; Carlsen, Hamburg 2004
  • A place somewhere. ( Girlhearts. ) Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2006
  • Autumn. A girl disappears. ( Missing girl. ) Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2009

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Arthea JS Reed: Norma Fox Mazer. A writer's work. (Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winners and nominees of the National Book Awards 1974

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mazer, Norma Fox
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 2009
Place of death Montpelier , Vermont , USA