Christopher Cox (August 27, 1949 – September 7, 1990), born Ray Cox Jr., was an American writer.
Christopher Cox | |
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| Born | Ray Cox Jr. 1949 Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | 1990 (aged 40–41) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Biography
Christopher Cox was born in Gadsden, Alabama. At 16, he worked for conservative Senator John Sparkman as a page, but would later found a local chapter of Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Alabama.[1]
In the 1970s, he moved to Manhattan and pursued a career with the SoHo Weekly News as both a writer and photographer. Cox, who was gay,[2] is perhaps best known for his collaboration within The Violet Quill.[3] He later went on to become senior editor of Ballantine Books.[4] He appeared in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and later directed several plays at the Jean Cocteau Theater, New York City.[1][4]
He died of an AIDS-related infection in 1990.[4] His partner, William Olander, had died of the same disease in 1989.[5]
Works
- A Key West Companion, 1983
- Aunt Persian and the Jesus Man, assembled and edited by David Bergman in 1994[1]