Stephen Cox (writer)

Stephen L. (Steve) Cox (born January 26, 1966) is an American freelance writer. He is the author of more than twenty books specializing in popular culture, film and television. He is best known for his 1989 tribute to The Wizard of Oz entitled The Munchkins Remember, which led to many personal appearances throughout the USA for the oft-neglected little people.

His 2006 coffee-table biography of Stooge Larry Fine has received much acclaim from fans of the enduring comedy team, The Three Stooges. Culling materials from Fine's personal archives, including hundreds of unpublished photographs, the project remains the definitive account of the middle Stooge.^[1]

He has written for TV Guide, The Hollywood Reporter, US magazine, and has contributed feature stories to Los Angeles Times.^[2] Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Cox graduated from Park College (now Park University) and has been interviewed on programs such as CNN and Biography.^[3]

Cox is currently working on a coffee-table biography of Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man, with a tentative release date in late 2011.^[4]

Selected publications

• Here's Johnny! (Crown Books; revised edition by Cumberland House) ISBN 1-58182-265-0
• The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane (Watson-Guptill / Backstage Books) ISBN 0-8230-7894-9
• It's a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book (Cumberland House) ISBN 1-58182-337-1
• One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine’s Frizzy Life in Pictures, with Jim Terry (Cumberland House) ISBN 1-58182-363-0
• The Beverly Hillbillies: A Fortieth Anniversary Wing Ding (Cumberland House) ISBN 1-58182-302-9
• The Munchkins Remember: The Wizard of Oz and Beyond (E. P. Dutton, 1989), ISBN 0525484868, 86 pp.
• The Addams Chronicles: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Addams Family (Harper, 1991), ISBN 0060968974
• The Munchkins of Oz (Cumberland House, 1996) ISBN 1888952040, 209 pp.

3rd edition, revised and updated, Cumberland, 2002, ISBN 1-58182-269-3, 225 pp. OCLC 49492980

• Cooking in Oz, by Elaine Willingham and "Steve Cox" (Cumberland, 1999) ISBN 1-58182-051-8
• Dreaming of Jeannie: TV's Primetime in a Bottle (St. Martin's Press, 2000), ISBN 0312204175 – as by "Steve Cox"

References

1. Examiner.com: "One Fine Stooge: Author Steve Cox Remembers The Talented Larry Fine".
2. "Kid Munchkins reunite". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
3. "Coast to Coast AM - Guest Profile". Retrieved 20 January 2010.
4. Examiner.com: "Author Steve Cox's Next Project: Tackling Robert Wadlow, The World's Tallest Man".

External links

• Stephen Cox at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Beyond the Rainbow to Oz – Cox's occasional collaborator Elaine Willingham
• Stephen Cox at Library of Congress Authorities, with 23 catalog records