About Dede Fox

From 2016 to 2019, Dede Fox was the NEA/DOJ Writer at the Bryan Federal Prison Camp for Women. She was also the 2017–2022 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, Texas. Since December 2018, Dede Fox has written with hematology and oncology patients at Texas Children’s Hospital, a collaboration between Houston’s Writers in the Schools and the Periwinkle Foundation.

Dede’s published poetry includes three books: Postcards Home, Confessions of a Jewish Texan, and On Wings of Silence: Mexico ’68. The poem “Chapultepec Park: September 25, 1968,” which won the Christina Sergeyevna Award at the Austin International Poetry Festival, served as the catalyst for her novel in verse set in Mexico.

Her latest publication is The Woodlands Art Benches: Sparking Connections, a collection of photos and poetry about the first twenty-four benches in her hometown. Dede’s work has also appeared in multiple poetry anthologies and journals. Her book reviews have appeared in The Texas Observer, Concho River Review, and the Lone Star Literary Life blog.

Children’s writing credits include The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin, which received the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award and was later listed in Linda Silver’s Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens. Highlights Magazine has published several of Dede’s nonfiction articles.

A native Texan, Dede attended the University of the Americas in Mexico City and graduated with a BA in English from Washington University in St. Louis. She earned an M.Ed. in Supervision from SFASU. She continues her writing education with InPrint Houston, SCBWI, The Writing Barn, Grackle and Grackle, and Highlights Foundation workshops.

A retired teacher and librarian, Dede Fox was a board member on the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council, and she organized a poetry competition for Young Texas Artists. She formerly served on the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance.