Nina Foxx

Nina Foxx [1] is an American author, playwright and filmmaker. She has authored several novels, co-authored one text on writing, and her work has been anthologized multiple times. She has also penned two stage plays which include original music with collaborator John Forbes. Foxx writes under several names including: Nina Foxx and Cynnamon Foster. Foxx has lived in Austin.[2]

Biography

Foxx is originally from Jamaica, New York. She graduated from Hunter College (BA Psychology), Baruch College (MS, I/O, Psychology), City University of New York (Ph.D. I/O Psychology) and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (fiction) from Farleigh Dickinson University.

Prior to becoming a writer, Foxx worked for Dell.[2] She authored several industrial design patents and has taught Applied Psychology at several universities. Foxx speaks about the writing life and blending the arts and technology to groups and schools all over the United States as part of various STEM efforts with groups such as The Links, Inc and code.org. Foxx is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, The Links, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America.

Work

Foxx co-directed "Marrying Up", which was based on her book of the same name. In addition to this film work,[3] Foxx is Executive Producer of the feature film Magic Valley', which was an official selection of the 2011 TriBeCa Film Festival.[4]

Foxx was nominated for an award in Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction by the NAACP Image Awards in 2014.[5]

Books

As Cynnamon Foster

[6]

As Nina Foxx

Anthologies

References

  1. ↑ http://www.google.com/search?q=nina+foxx&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1
  2. 1 2 Donaldson, Sonya A. (May 2004). "My Favorite Things". Black Enterprise 34 (10). Retrieved 18 December 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Bell-Russel, Danna (2010). "Marrying Up". Library Journal 135: 65. Retrieved 18 December 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ http://news.google.com/news?as_epq=Nina+Foxx
  5. ↑ "'Get On Up,' 'Selma,' score NAACP Image Award nominations". The Chicago Tribune. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.google.com/search?q=nina+foxx&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbo=1&tbm=bks&source=hp&q=cynnamon+foster&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=d782c6f0e2ee471d&biw=1176&bih=577

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