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Lisa Jones

Lisa Jones
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Lisa Jones

Lisa Jones lives in Colorado with her husband and two cats. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, High Country News, and National Public Radio. BROKEN is her first book.

Author Revealed:
Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
A. Love the process more than the reward or your head will explode.
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May 19, 2009
I’m told I shouldn’t only mutter what’s new to myself as I shuffle around the house. I’m told I should put what’s new...
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December 4, 2008
Last winter I drove six and a half hours to central Wyoming, to my friend Stanford Addison’s place on the Wind River Indian...
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November 26, 2008
Number of US women named Lisa Jones: 4,262. Number named Ann Smith: 2,991 (source: Whitepages.com)

My name is Lisa...
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Broken will be released on May 18, 2010 in Trade Paperback
May 18, 2010
Broken is now available in Trade Paperback
May 18, 2010
Jul 10, 2009
Broken is now available in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Broken will be released on May 12, 2009 in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Broken is now available in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Broken will be released on May 12, 2009 in eBook
May 12, 2009
Broken is now available in eBook
May 12, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Broken
Apr 07, 2009
Broken will be released on May 12, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
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Lisa Jones Revealed

Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. my hot temper Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Right here, at home. I travel too much. Q. What’s your best quality? A. warmth Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Stanford Addison and Barack Obama Learn more about Lisa Jones

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Syosset Patch, December 19, 2011
...a year of great books and discussions. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. With Lisa Jones, Sonia Grgas, Ralph Guiteau and Ed Goldberg, Librarians. Website: http://www.syossetlibrary.org Phone: Syosset Library: (516) 921-7161 Price: $0...
Bookseller, December 12, 2011
...also offers attractive possibilities for unknown writers. For instance, during April 2011, the first novel (Captive by Megan Lisa Jones) published on the website BitTorrentand was downloaded 423,000 times as a free download. Other sites like Unbound...
Pop Matters, November 4, 2011
...himself as a writer who could tell interesting, engaging stories. After all, it had marquee black writers — Lisa Jones, Greg Tate, Nelson George — who were not limited to subjects related to race. “My first regular writing gig told me that I could...
Belleville News Democrat, November 2, 2011
...himself as a writer who could tell interesting, engaging stories. After all, it had marquee black writers - Lisa Jones, Greg Tate, Nelson George - who were not limited to subjects related to race. "My first regular writing gig told me that I could do...
High Country News, June 13, 2011
...preservation project at Colorado Mountain College. DIABETES CLAIMS TWO MORE TRIBAL MEMBERS In late April, even as writer Lisa Jones was putting the finishing touches on our May 16 feature story "A Flood Of Ill Health: The story of three tribes, a dam,...
Frederick News-Post, May 31, 2011
...the college held a reception at Poets House in New York on May 17 to announce the winner. Lisa Jones of Fork received the prize.Smullen, a Frederick native and graduate of Middletown High School, chose to attend Washington College in Chestertown because...
Perry Hall Patch, May 18, 2011
...At 22, Lisa Jones can now add the nation's top student literary prize to her lengthy list of accomplishments.  Jones, a Washington College senior, won the college's Sophie Kerr Prize during a reception in New York City Tuesday evening. It comes with...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, September 26, 2011
...a back scratcher, spatula and toilet bowl brush all with black clenched fists on their handle ends; and Lisa Jones' character Clean Mama King who is available for both sit-ins and film walk-ons. There is now such a strong and vast body of great black...
Salisbury News, June 1, 2011
...the college held a reception at Poets House in New York on May 17 to announce the winner. Lisa Jones of Fork received the prize. Smullen, a Frederick native and graduate of Middletown High School, chose to attend Washington College in Chestertown because...
ZeroPaid.com, May 18, 2011
...the Artist Spotlight program follows the release of works by the band Sick of Sarah and author Megan Lisa Jones. Sick of Sarah released their album “2205" for free in the BitTorrent App Studio , and it went on to surpass 1 million downloads ! Megan...
Laura Maylene Walter, May 18, 2011
...a prize too , anti-climactic , back in my day , cheer up have a drink , college graduation , Colum McCann , disappointment , Lisa Jones , Moncrief , Mooney , old cranks , resistant to change , Sophie Kerr finalists , Sophie Kerr Prize , Sophie Kerr...
Daily Woman's Day Blog, May 3, 2011
...Today's book review is from WomansDay.com Senior Editor Meghan Ahearn. She read A Love Story by Lisa Jones. This memoir, by a journalist who went to Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation on assignment and stayed off/on for four years, revolves around...