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Devorah Fox

Devorah Fox

About

Winner of four National Novel Writing Month marathons, Devorah Fox has written for television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet. Publisher and editor of the BUMPERTOBUMPER® books for commercial motor vehicle drivers, she is also developer of the Easy CDL apps for the iPhone and iPad. She has written test preparation guides for Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. and edited books for Techni-Com, a Canadian publisher, as well as several novels. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she has lived in Port Aransas, Texas, since 2005. Secretary of the Rockport Writers Group, Fox writes the "Dee-Scoveries" blog at http://devorahfox.com and column of the same name for The Island Moon newspaper and is a contributor to TexasNOW magazine. She wrote her first novel in the third grade and has written several more since.

Gimme-Jimmy

Gimme-Jimmy

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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">JamesAlexander’s nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully.<span>  </span>Imagine Jimmy’s concern when he discoveredthat every time he said the word “Gimme”, his hand grew larger. <span> </span>Jimmy was happy to discover that when he waspolite and said “Please” and “Thank you”, his hand began to shrink.<span>  </span>He started practicing his new “Polite Rule”and found out that it was much more fun to share.<span style="color:#000000;"></span></font></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span> </p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span>

Story Behind The Book

I was inspired to write "The Lost King" by my friends' real-life dilemma . Downsized workers and returning veterans found that the life they had spent years building no longer existed and had to start over.

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<p align="center">Reader Reviews</p> <p>I started reading her first of two books and almost finished with the first. Kind of brings back English Lit days. I enjoyed reading Robin Hood and similar books which this reminds me of.</p> <p align="center">**********&quot;</p> <p><em>The Lost King</em> is a very entertaining novel that was most enjoyable to read. From a medieval setting, this writer has drenched our imagination with a story of adventure, fantasy, romance, intrigue, discovery, and a spirit of examination that is reminiscent of the innate quality of mankind that results in new discoveries and inventions that, ultimately, make life on this terrestrial ball more exhilarating and fruitful for all. This book should appeal to everyone.</p> <p align="center">**********</p> <p>I would highly recommend Devorah Fox's novel <em>The Lost King</em>. It was one of those books you read quickly. You can't wait to see what happens next. I look forward to future efforts from this author.</p> <p align="center">**********</p> <p>As a new reader of Fantasy fiction I was a little nervous when I started<em> The Lost King </em>by Devorah Fox. The opening of the book immediately put me at ease since I could relate to a person who had lost everything including his memory of the circumstances. This is the way of the rest of the book. The characters could be from the modern world, but Devorah gives them the persona and depth so that there is no doubt we are in a time long ago. The dialog is dead on and all of the scenes superbly set. Yes there is a dragon but he is no more unrealistic than the factory where swords are crafted. This is an enjoyable and well narrated story.</p> <p align="center">**********</p> <p>This novel has a terrific story and is well developed.  It is a story of travel, greed, happiness, trust, distrust, lust, and love.  What makes it different is the medieval setting.  I read Coben, Sandford, Child, etc.  This was a very interesting book I had trouble putting down.  I highly recommend it!</p> <p align="center">**********</p> <p>If you like a novel where, in your mind, you are side-by-side with the main character, you will like <em>The Lost King.</em>  Add in the time medieval time period and it gets more interesting.  It is one of those novels that gets better the more you read.  You will not figure out where the story is going until well into the book. As result, you can’t put it down.</p> <p align="center">**********</p> <p>In <em>The Lost King,</em>Devorah Fox holds a fantasy medieval mirror to our world and puts the ‘word’ in sword – to the hilt. The details and dialogue had me hooked from the first “moo”as we learn what the king has lost. What a great story teller.<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"> I trust this first novel will not be her last</span></p>