Authors / person-brenda-maddox

Brenda Maddox

American biographer and journalist (1932-2019).

Wikipedia

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1988—2002

Recognition span

Author in the index

Brenda Maddox has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1988 and 2002. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize3

Costa Book Awards2

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

National Book Awards1

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Biography5

Indexed works

Books by Brenda Maddox

5 books · sorted by recognition

Nora: The Real Life of Molly BloomBiography—14 pts Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNABiography200212 pts D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a MarriageBiography19948 pts Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W. B. YeatsBiography20004 pts D H Lawrence: The Married ManBiography19954 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
—	Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom	Biography	14	1	2	Mariner Books
2002	Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA	Biography	12	1	2	HarperCollins
1994	D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage	Biography	8	0	2	Simon & Schuster
2000	Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W. B. Yeats	Biography	4	0	1	Harper Perennial
1995	D H Lawrence: The Married Man	Biography	4	1	1	Vintage Books

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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