Margalit Fox originally trained as a cellist and a linguist before pursuing journalism. As a senior writer in The New York Times’s celebrated Obituary News Department, she wrote the front-page public sendoffs of some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Winner of the William Saroyan Prize for Literature and author of three previous books, “Conan Doyle for the Defense,” “The Riddle of the Labyrinth” and “Talking Hands,” Fox lives in Manhattan with her husband, the writer and critic George Robinson.
Books in order of publication:
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind – 2007
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code – 2013
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer – 2018
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss – 2024
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