Louis B. Jones is an American author and essayist. He has written five novels, the first three of which were named New York Times Notable Books of their respective years.[1] His third novel, California's Over, was named the Los Angeles Times' Best Book of the Year in 1997.[2] He is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and was a regular reviewer for The New York Times Book Review. Amy Tan has called Jones "one of the best minds of our generation".[2]
He has served as visiting writer at a number of colleges around the country, and is currently the co-director of the fiction workshops for the Community of Writers.
Bibliography edit
- Ordinary Money, 1990
- Particles and Luck, 1995
- California's Over, 1997
- Radiance, 2011
- Innocence, 2013
References edit
- ^ "Notable Books of the Year 1997", The New York Times, December 7, 1997
- ^ a b http://www.ewu.edu/willowsprings/interviews/jones.php [dead link]