children birth_place imagesize nationality spouse article_title name occupation
bronwen maddox , bruno maddox bridgewater , massachusetts , usa 130px american john maddox brenda maddox
 brenda maddox biographer journalist
brenda maddox

brenda maddox , lady maddox frsl -lrb- born 24 february 1932 -rrb- is an american author , journalist , and biographer , who has lived in the uk since 1959 .
born in brockton , bridgewater , massachusetts , she graduated from harvard university -lrb- class of 1953 -rrb- with a degree in english literature and also studied at the london school of economics .
she is a book reviewer for `` the observer '' , `` the times '' , `` new statesman '' , `` the new york times '' , and `` the washington post '' , and regularly contributes to bbc radio 4 as a critic and commentator .
her biographies of elizabeth taylor , d. h. lawrence , nora joyce , w. b. yeats and rosalind franklin have been widely acclaimed .
she has won the `` los angeles times '' biography award , the silver pen award , the french `` prix du meilleur livre etranger '' , and the whitbread biography prize .
she was elected a fellow of the royal society of literature in 1999 .
maddox lives in london and spends time at her cottage near brecon , wales where she and her late husband , sir john maddox , were actively involved within the local community .
she is vice-president of the hay-on-wye festival of literature , member of the editorial board of `` british journalism review '' , and a past chairman of the broadcasting press guild .
maddox has two children and two stepchildren .
her latest biographical project is a scientific biography of james d. watson .
