Annie Fox

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Annie Fox is a book author.

Her first book was People Are Like Lollipops (1971, Holiday House). She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Human Development and completed her Master's in Education from the State University of New York at Cortland and became a teacher.

With her husband game programmer David Fox, opened the world's first public access microcomputer facility (Marin Computer Center) in 1977. Her first computer oriented book was Armchair BASIC: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microcomputers and Programming in BASIC (1983, Osborn/McGraw-Hill). From there she became an award-winning writer/designer of children's CD-ROMs.

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Hey Terra

After her career as a children's CD-ROM designer, Annie created The InSite, a web site for teens and young adults. There she became "Terra", kind of an online Dear Abby. From the thousands of letters she got, she wrote the book Can You Relate (Free Spirit Publishing, 2000). It was re-released in 2005 as The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along.

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Trivia

In the game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders designed by David Fox, the female characters have the names of the programmers' other halves. The character of Annie Larris has Fox' looks and maiden name.

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