Jane (Martha) Brox (born Sept. 4, 1956) is an American author, who specializes in non-fiction works. Her father was John Brox (1910–1995).from the frontispiece of "Five Thousand Days . ." She graduated from Colby College in 1978 and currently lives in Maine.from the cover of "Brilliant" (2010)
Awards and honors 1996 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family
Works
Books Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family (1995, ; ) Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History (1999, Beacon Press, Boston MA) Clearing Land, Legacies of the American Farm (2004, )AMAZON.COM Brilliant, the Evolution of Artificial Light (2010; ) Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives (2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In the Merrimack Valley: A Farm Trilogy (2024, )
Other works Brox's website lists 30 magazine articles that she has written The website lists 9 publications which have carried her poetry The website lists 7 published book reviews written by Brox The website lists 11 radio essays produced by Brox, carried primarily by NPR
References
External links Official website